From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
To: Eli Cohen <elic@nvidia.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Use random MAC for the vdpa net instance
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:53:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b74596fe-fff3-2144-b41a-b9898b6933da@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201203122421.GB38007@mtl-vdi-166.wap.labs.mlnx>
On 2020/12/3 下午8:24, Eli Cohen wrote:
>>> It is mentioned in Parav's patchset that this will be coming in a
>>> subsequent patch to his vdpa tool.
>> So I think kernel has two options:
>> - require a mac when device is created, we supply it to guest
> Yes, the driver should always set VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC and provide a MAC -
> either random or whatever configured using the vdpa too.
A questions here, I think current mlx5 vdpa works for VF only. So I
think the VF should have a given MAC? If yes, can we use that MAC?
Thanks
>
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From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
To: Eli Cohen <elic@nvidia.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Use random MAC for the vdpa net instance
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:53:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b74596fe-fff3-2144-b41a-b9898b6933da@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201203122421.GB38007@mtl-vdi-166.wap.labs.mlnx>
On 2020/12/3 下午8:24, Eli Cohen wrote:
>>> It is mentioned in Parav's patchset that this will be coming in a
>>> subsequent patch to his vdpa tool.
>> So I think kernel has two options:
>> - require a mac when device is created, we supply it to guest
> Yes, the driver should always set VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC and provide a MAC -
> either random or whatever configured using the vdpa too.
A questions here, I think current mlx5 vdpa works for VF only. So I
think the VF should have a given MAC? If yes, can we use that MAC?
Thanks
>
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-29 6:43 [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Use random MAC for the vdpa net instance Eli Cohen
2020-11-29 20:08 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-29 20:08 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 6:27 ` Eli Cohen
2020-11-30 9:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 9:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 9:27 ` Eli Cohen
2020-11-30 9:33 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 9:33 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 10:41 ` Cindy Lu
2020-11-30 15:33 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 15:33 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-01 9:23 ` Cindy Lu
2020-12-01 11:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-01 11:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 2:27 ` Cindy Lu
2020-12-02 4:18 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 4:18 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 5:57 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-02 9:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 9:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 12:12 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-02 12:17 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 12:17 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 13:00 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:00 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:07 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 13:07 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 13:33 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:33 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:48 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:48 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 22:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 22:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-03 6:49 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-03 10:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-03 10:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-03 12:09 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-03 12:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-03 12:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-03 12:24 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-04 2:53 ` Jason Wang [this message]
2020-12-04 2:53 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-06 6:54 ` Eli Cohen
2020-12-02 9:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 9:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 12:56 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 12:56 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-02 13:41 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02 13:41 ` Jason Wang
2020-11-30 11:51 ` Eli Cohen
2020-11-30 15:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-11-30 15:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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