[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] ixgbe: Extend trust to allow guest to set unicast address

Schmitt, Phillip J phillip.j.schmitt at intel.com
Wed Jan 13 19:00:10 UTC 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Chas Williams
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 9:34 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] ixgbe: Extend trust to allow guest to
> set unicast address
> 
> When running certain routing protocols like VRRP, VF guests need the ability to
> set the unicast address of the interface.  Extend the new ndo trust feature to let
> the hypervisor trust a guest to set/update its own unicast address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3 at gmail.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt at intel.com>


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