* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document IPv6 multicast limitation on VM
@ 2018-11-12 11:31 Dekel Peled
2018-11-13 6:38 ` Shahaf Shuler
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dekel Peled @ 2018-11-12 11:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: yskoh, shahafs; +Cc: dev, orika
This patch adds limitation notice for MLX5 PMD.
IPv6 multicast messages are not received on VM when promiscuous
and allmulticast modes are off, due to netlink restriction.
Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp@mellanox.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 6ab7d8e..3610e00 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Limitations
enabled (``rxq_cqe_comp_en``) at the same time, RSS hash result is not fully
supported. Some Rx packets may not have PKT_RX_RSS_HASH.
+- IPv6 Multicast messages are not supported on VM, while promiscuous mode
+ and allmulticast mode are both set to off.
+ To receive IPv6 Multicast messages on VM, explicitly set the relevant
+ MAC address using rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() API.
+
Statistics
----------
--
1.8.3.1
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document IPv6 multicast limitation on VM
2018-11-12 11:31 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document IPv6 multicast limitation on VM Dekel Peled
@ 2018-11-13 6:38 ` Shahaf Shuler
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Shahaf Shuler @ 2018-11-13 6:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dekel Peled, Yongseok Koh; +Cc: dev, Ori Kam
Monday, November 12, 2018 1:31 PM, Dekel Peled:
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document IPv6 multicast limitation on VM
>
> This patch adds limitation notice for MLX5 PMD.
> IPv6 multicast messages are not received on VM when promiscuous and
> allmulticast modes are off, due to netlink restriction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp@mellanox.com>
Applied to next-net-mlx, thanks.
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