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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] bond: mode 4 promiscuous mode
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On 15/05/15 14:36, Andriy Berestovskyy wrote:
> Hey guys,
> Can we in function bond_mode_8023ad_activate_slave() try to add to the
> slave bond and LACP multicast MACs first? And then we would fall back
> into promiscuous mode if the adding has failed.
>
> In other words:
>
> if (rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add(slave_id, bond_mac) != 0
>      || rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add(slave_id, lacp_mac) != 0) {
>      ...
>      rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(slave_id)
> }
>
> Seems to work fine on my setup, but I might miss something.
>
> Regards,
> Andriy
>

Hey Andriy,

that sounds like a sensible idea, if you want to submit your changes in 
a patch or rfc that would be great, I'll have a look and will get them 
tested by our validation team.

Thanks
Declan