Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] Support virtio multicast feature

["Ouyang, Changchun" <changchun.ouyang@intel.com>]

Pls ignore this duplicated one,
The mail server should has some issue, I cancel the sending out in first 2 times but it still sent it out. :-( Sorry for that.  
Changchun

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ouyang, Changchun
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 11:39 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Cao, Waterman; Ouyang, Changchun
> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] Support virtio multicast feature
> 
>  - V1 change:
> This patch series support multicast feature in virtio and vhost.
> The vhost backend enables the promiscuous mode and config
> ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_BROADCAST and ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_MULTICAST in
> VMDQ offload register to receive the multicast and broadcast packets.
> The virtio frontend provides the functionality of enabling and disabling the
> multicast and promiscuous mode.
> 
>  -V2 change:
> Rework the patch basing on new vhost library and new vhost application.
> 
> Changchun Ouyang (5):
>   Add RX mode in VMDQ config and set the register PFVML2FLT for IXGBE
>     PMD; this makes VMDQ accept broadcast and multicast packets.
>   Set VM offload register according to VMDQ config for IGB PMD to
>     support broadcast and multicast packets.
>   To let US-vHOST accept and forward broadcast and multicast packets:
>     Add promiscuous option into command line; set VMDQ RX mode into:
>     ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_BROADCAST|ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_MULTICAST.
>   Add new API in virtio for supporting promiscuous and allmulticast
>     enable and disable.
>   Specify rx_mode as 0 for 2 other samples: vmdq and vhost-xen.
> 
>  examples/vhost/main.c                 | 25 +++++++--
>  examples/vhost_xen/main.c             |  1 +
>  examples/vmdq/main.c                  |  1 +
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h         |  1 +
>  lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_rxtx.c       | 20 +++++++
>  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c     | 16 ++++++
>  lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 98
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c         |  4 +-
>  8 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 1.8.4.2