On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:33:04 +0100 Larysa Zaremba wrote: > > This is an LLDP agent which runs as part of the NIC FW, AFAIU, not about > > forwarding or filtering. > > > > They already have the priv flag, so best to reuse that. If not possible > > we can explore options, but as Larysa mentioned herself in the cover > > letter sysfs is probably low on the preference list :( > > FW agent is disabled NIC-wide, so only PF should be able to set such flag.
Sorry, then I misread. If it's about which VF gets the LLDP traffic from the _wire_, then I'm with Jiri. It's a basic forwarding problem, isn't it? Match on EtherType and forward? > The lazy part of me likes the private flag direction, because just > replacing sysfs entries with corresponding private flags would make > patch look better while not changing the implementation much. > > I guess, treating it like a normal eswitch configuration would be > ideal, but it would not be purely generic, as there is an added level > of complexity because of FW Agent interactions.
