From: Ruinan <huruinan@gmail.com>
To: "Dey, Souvik" <sodey@rbbn.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "users@dpdk.org" <users@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-users] i40e VF PMD not getting multicast packets
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:32:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17849E86-931B-494B-90D7-74E2016C0D3C@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SN2PR03MB214300B1457FCD0B00097DD8CDFD0@SN2PR03MB2143.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Hi,
Did you enable trust mode on vf? If trust is off on host, promiscuous can’t enabled from vm.
Ruinan Hu
ruinan.hu@casa-systems.com
(857) 209-1955
> On Oct 15, 2018, at 14:26, Dey, Souvik <sodey@rbbn.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I am currently facing issues with getting the multicast IPv6 packets when using the i40evf pmd.
>
> I do see there is a limitation mentioned in the release notes of DPDK that
>
> 16.27. I40e VF may not receive packets in the promiscuous mode
> Description:
> Promiscuous mode is not supported by the DPDK i40e VF driver when using the i40e Linux kernel driver as host driver.
> Implication:
> The i40e VF does not receive packets when the destination MAC address is unknown.
> Resolution/Workaround:
> Use a explicit destination MAC address that matches the VF.
> Affected Environment/Platform:
> All.
> Driver/Module:
> Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
>
>
> Do this mean that multicast promiscuous mode is also not supported ? I am currently facing issues with receiving packets multicast packets for IPv6 which is making IPv6 to fail with i40evf pmd.
> I am currently using 17.11.2 DPDK with the Centos 7.5 and i40e 2.4.6 version on the host. I have the rte_eth_allmulticast_enable() also set for the port but still I see all multicast packets are not reaching the pmd.
> Also if promiscuous mode has to be turned off then how should we add multicast address to the PF from the VF ?
> --
> Regards,
> Souvik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-15 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-15 18:26 [dpdk-dev] " Dey, Souvik
2018-10-15 18:32 ` Ruinan [this message]
2018-10-15 18:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-users] " Dey, Souvik
[not found] ` <SN2PR03MB21438DB89F96FAA9F3EA2F61CDFD0@SN2PR03MB2143.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
2018-10-15 19:35 ` Ruinan Hu
2018-10-16 15:05 ` Dey, Souvik
2018-10-16 15:11 ` Dey, Souvik
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