[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/29] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

[Vincent JARDIN]

Le 19/12/2016 à 14:39, Chen, Jing D a écrit :
> They will
> have concern why VM can have such privilege (like promisc mode). But I need
> to check as I know there is some mechanism now to make a VM privileged.

 From iproute2's man:
<--
trust on|off - trust the specified VF user. This enables that VF user 
can set a specific feature which may impact security and/or performance. 
(e.g. VF multicast promiscuous mode)
-->

So yes, it is possible to get PF features upstream'd into the kernel 
without having a specific PF into DPDK.

best regards,
   Vincent