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

[Chen, Jing D]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent JARDIN [mailto:vincent.jardin at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 9:46 PM
> To: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen at intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/29] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on
> i40e
> 
> 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.

That's a collaboration with another team. we'll follow-up that but not guarantee
it will happen.
May I ask if my reply make it clear? Still NAC for this patch?