> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Vinicius Costa Gomes > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; Sanchez-Palencia, Jesus <jesus.sanchez- > [email protected]> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next-queue PATCH v7 06/10] igb: Allow filters to > be added for the local MAC address > > Users expect that when adding a steering filter for the local MAC > address, that all the traffic directed to that address will go to some > queue. > > Currently, it's not possible to configure entries in the "in use" > state, which is the normal state of the local MAC address entry (it is > the default), this patch allows to override the steering configuration > of "in use" entries, if the filter to be added match the address and > address type (source or destination) of an existing entry. > > There is a bit of a special handling for entries referring to the > local MAC address, when they are removed, only the steering > configuration is reset. > > Signed-off-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Tested by: Aaron Brown <[email protected]>
