> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael S. Tsirkin [mailto:mst@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:46 AM > To: Roopa Prabhu > Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sri@xxxxxxxxxx; dragos.tatulea@xxxxxxxxx; > arnd@xxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx; dwang2@xxxxxxxxx; shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx; > eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx; kaber@xxxxxxxxx; benve@xxxxxxxxx; Rose, Gregory V > Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 0/8 RFC v2] macvlan: MAC Address > filtering support for passthru mode > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:15:05AM -0700, Roopa Prabhu wrote: > > >> ... And also I dont know of any hw > > >> that provides an interface to set hw filters on a per queue basis. > > > > > > VMDq hardware would support this, no? > > > > > Am not really sure. This patch uses netdev to pass filters to hw. And I > > don't see any netdev infrastructure that would support per queue > filters. > > Sure. I was only saying that as far as I understand, > VMDq hardware does support this functionality. > Right, Greg? In the case of Intel HW yes. I'll refrain from speaking for other HW vendors although I'm guessing it would be true in their cases also. YMMV, caveat emptor, etc. etc. - Greg > > -- > MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
