Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] support MAC changes when no live changes allowed

2018-08-27 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 8/24/2018 3:25 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: > This is a patched to fix a functionality coming with the first public > release: changing/setting MAC address. > > The original patch assumes all NICs can safely change or set the MAC > in any case. However, this is not always true. NFP depends on th

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] support MAC changes when no live changes allowed

2018-08-24 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:25:34 +0100 Alejandro Lucero wrote: > The original patch assumes all NICs can safely change or set the MAC > in any case. However, this is not always true. NFP depends on the firmware > capabilities and this is not always supported. There are other NICs with > this same lim

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] support MAC changes when no live changes allowed

2018-08-24 Thread Alejandro Lucero
This is a patched to fix a functionality coming with the first public release: changing/setting MAC address. The original patch assumes all NICs can safely change or set the MAC in any case. However, this is not always true. NFP depends on the firmware capabilities and this is not always supported