On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 11:16 AM Parav Pandit <pa...@nvidia.com> wrote: > > > > > From: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 8:39 AM > > > > > Yes, but even for TX, would it be better to filter the IP as early as > > possible in the > > TX path other than depend on the switch to do that? > > The idea is to introduce filters on the new virtio switch object for tx and > rx both.
It can be done in this way for sure but the question is why it must be done in this way. A drawback of using switch is that it introduces dependencies. > A virtio switch object can be part of a existing virtio device or a new > virtio device type in itself. That's fine. > > Xuan, > As we discussed, since the owner device packets also needs to be filtered, > potentially outside of the owner device itself, This seems the admin request out of the scope of virtio. Thanks > > Do you see the need to introduce virtio switch object now, or can it wait? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
