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PATCH Superseded Steve Yang 3 participants 6 messages Jul 28, 2022 – Sep 25, 2022

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PATCH 1/1 doc: add known issue in i40e guide

Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for driver 2.17.15.

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 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +7 -0
index 4875774346..abb99406b3 100644
@@ -731,6 +731,13 @@ Vlan strip of VF
 
 The VF vlan strip function is only supported in the i40e kernel driver >= 2.1.26.
 
+Vlan filtering of VF
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For i40e driver 2.17.15, configuring VLAN filters from the DPDK VF is unsupported.
+Workaround: When applying VLAN filters on the VF it must first be configured from
+the corresponding PF.
+
 DCB function
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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Hi,

Quoted 8 lines

-----Original Message-----
From: Yang, SteveX <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 5:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>; Xing, Beilei <[email protected]>; Yang, Qiming <[email protected]>; Yang, SteveX <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: add known issue in i40e guide

Specify the detail of this known issue in the title. Add key words such as "vlan filter" and "vf"'.

Quoted 22 lines

Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for driver 2.17.15.

---
 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index renamed from doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +0 -0

4875774346..abb99406b3 100644

doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +4 -0
@@ -731,6 +731,13 @@ Vlan strip of VF
 
 The VF vlan strip function is only supported in the i40e kernel driver >= 2.1.26.
 
+Vlan filtering of VF
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For i40e driver 2.17.15, configuring VLAN filters from the DPDK VF is

unsupported.

doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst

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doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +2 -0
+Workaround: When applying VLAN filters on the VF it must first be
+configured from the corresponding PF.

Delete " Workaround".

Quoted 6 lines

+
DCB function
~~~~~~~~~~~~

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PATCH v2 1/1 doc: add known issue in i40e guide

In reply to Steve Yang

Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for driver 2.17.15.

---
 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +7 -0
index 4875774346..78247a496d 100644
@@ -731,6 +731,13 @@ Vlan strip of VF
 
 The VF vlan strip function is only supported in the i40e kernel driver >= 2.1.26.
 
+Vlan filtering of VF
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For i40e driver 2.17.15, configuring VLAN filters from the DPDK VF is unsupported.
+When applying VLAN filters on the VF it must first be configured from
+the corresponding PF.
+
 DCB function
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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Quoted 10 lines

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Yang <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>; Xing, Beilei <[email protected]>; Yang, SteveX <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: add known issue in i40e guide

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Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for driver 2.17.15.

---
 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 7 +++++++

Please rebase to below patch as it's better to document all VF related knowing limitation in VF's own doc file. i40e.rst , ice.rst only for DPDK PF driver now.
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/

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PATCH v3 1/1 doc: add known issue in intel VF guide

In reply to Steve Yang

Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for i40e driver 2.17.15.

---
 doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst +7 -0
index 09e1eb7685..d582f831da 100644
@@ -697,3 +697,10 @@ i40e: Vlan strip of VF
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The VF vlan strip function is only supported in the i40e kernel driver >= 2.1.26.
+
+i40e: Vlan filtering of VF
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For i40e driver 2.17.15, configuring VLAN filters from the DPDK VF is unsupported.
+When applying VLAN filters on the VF it must first be configured from the
+corresponding PF.
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Acked-by on v3 1/1 Applied
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RE: [PATCH v3] doc: add known issue in intel VF guide

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Yang <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2022 9:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>; Xing, Beilei <[email protected]>; Yang, Qiming <[email protected]>; Wu, Wenjun1 <[email protected]>; Su, Simei <[email protected]>; Yang, SteveX <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: add known issue in intel VF guide

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Add a known issue: configuring VLAN filters from VF is unsupported for i40e driver 2.17.15.

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel.

Thanks
Qi