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From: "Chen, Jing D" <jing.d.chen@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/29] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF
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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:39:29 +0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 9:21 PM
> To: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@6wind.com>; Yigit, Ferru=
h
> <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu@intel.com>; Zhang, He=
lin
> <helin.zhang@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/29] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel
> VF on i40e
>=20
> 2016-12-19 09:01, Chen, Jing D:
> > Since then, both Linux and DPDK keep developing code. Then, we found
> > it's necessary to extend VF capability (Like promiscuous mode). It
> > will be hard to ask Linux PF to support that service considering upstre=
am
> effort in Linux world.
>=20
> Please, could you clarify this?
> Do you mean you cannot change the Linux driver?

There are 2 things here. One is to add extended functionality into Linux dr=
iver,
Another is to have it upstream into kernel world.
The first one can be achieved easier, while later one may be difficult. The=
y will
have concern why VM can have such privilege (like promisc mode). But I need
to check as I know there is some mechanism now to make a VM privileged.