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    ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API xcast mode · 8443c1a4
    Hiroshi Shimamoto authored
    
    
    The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
    for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature. IPv6 requires the multicast
    MAC address for each IP address to handle the Neighbor Solicitation
    message. We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF.
    
    This patch introduces the new mailbox API, IXGBE_VF_UPDATE_XCAST_MODE,
    to update multicast mode of VF. This adds 3 modes;
      - NONE     only L2 exact match addresses or Flow Director enabled
      - MULTI    BAM and ROMPE set
      - ALLMULTI BAM, ROMPE and MPE set
    
    If a guest VF user wants over 30 MAC multicast addresses, set IFF_ALLMULTI
    to request PF to update xcast mode to enable VF multicast promiscuous mode.
    
    On the other hand, enabling VF multicast promiscuous mode may affect
    security and performance in the network of the NIC. Only trusted VF can
    enable multicast promiscuous mode. The behavior of untrusted VF is the
    same as previous version.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarKrishneil Singh <Krishneil.k.singh@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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