> -----Original Message----- > From: K. Y. Srinivasan [mailto:kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:58 PM > To: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; > apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] hv_netvsc: Implement support for VF drivers on Hyper- > V > > Support VF drivers on Hyper-V. On Hyper-V, each VF instance presented to > the guest has an associated synthetic interface that shares the MAC address > with the VF instance. Typically these are bonded together to support > live migration. By default, the host delivers all the incoming packets > on the synthetic interface. Once the VF is up, we need to explicitly switch > the data path on the host to divert traffic onto the VF interface. Even after > switching the data path, broadcast and multicast packets are always > delivered > on the synthetic interface and these will have to be injected back onto the > VF interface (if VF is up). > This patch implements the necessary support in netvsc to support Linux > VF drivers. David, Please drop this patch. I just discovered a merge issue and I am going to resubmit this patch. Regards, K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
