On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 04:27:16PM +0000, Tan, Jianfeng wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maxime Coquelin [mailto:maxime.coque...@redhat.com] > > Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 6:20 PM > > To: Tan, Jianfeng > > Cc: m...@redhat.com; Liu, Yuanhan; dev@dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: vhost user MTU and promisc mode > > > > Hi Jianfeng, > > > > On 02/06/2017 07:39 AM, Tan, Jianfeng wrote: > > > Hi Maxime, > > > > > > > > > > > > Have seen that you submit a feature in QEMU, commit c5f048d8fb69 > > > ("vhost-user: Add MTU protocol feature and op"). > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate your insights on: > > > > > > (1) Do you have plan to enable it in DPDK vhost user? > > Yes, I plan to propose this for v17.05 release. > > For vhost-user backend, the op is to notify the backend with the MTU > > value set in QEMU, so that it can ensure packets sent won't be bigger. > > Great to know that. > > > > > > > > > (2) How about another similar feature, promisc mode enable/disable? > > This is ont something we have considered yet. > > Are you willing to work on it? > > Yes, we are considering it. But it should be firstly upsteamed into QEMU. > > Thanks, > Jianfeng
You also need to copy virtio tc list if you will suggest interface changes. TC is responsible for documenting it. > > > > Thanks, > > Maxime > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jianfeng > > >
