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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher
<jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote:
[...]
> We discussed this during NetConf last week, and Don is correct that a
> custom sysfs interface is not the way we want to handle this.  We agreed
> upon a generic interface so that any NIC is able to turn on or off VF
> multicast promiscuous mode.

Jeff, please make sure to either respond to my comments on the V2
thread (or better) address them for the V3 post.


http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=142441852518152&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=142441867218183&w=2

Or.