RE: [Xen-devel] [xen/stable-2.6.32.x PATCH 0/5] SR-IOV: Backport VF MAC and VLAN configuration to 2.6.32.x

["Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@xxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-devel-
>bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rose, Gregory V
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:00 PM
>To: 'xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>Subject: [Xen-devel] [xen/stable-2.6.32.x PATCH 0/5] SR-IOV: Backport VF
>MAC and VLAN configuration to 2.6.32.x
>
>This series of patches is a back port of patches originally inluded
>in the Linux 2.6.34 kernel to the xen/2.6.32.x branch.  Authors of
>the original patches are CC'd.
>
>The purpose of the patches is to allow configuration of SR-IOV virtual
>function MAC address and VLAN ID via the physical function driver in
>those drivers that support SR-IOV and export the required netdev ops
>functions.
>
>The commits from the original patches in the Linux 2.6.34 kernel git
>logs are:
>
>commit fb8a0d9d1bfd1e4355f307e86a6da7209eefd5f3
>commit b280da8d54b8d82b52f368a8703b7ada6c1744d5
>commit 95c26df829ba4a25f40595cadb4c9433883cbe28
>commit ebc08a6f47ee76ecad8e9f26c26e6ec9b46ca659
>commit c02db8c6290bb992442fec1407643c94cc414375
>
>You can test that the patches are working right by downloading the Intel
>ixgbe driver Revision 2.0.84.9 from sourceforge.
>
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/
>
>Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
>

I almost forgot something.

Because the kernel in which these patches was accepted was 2.6.34 the 
sourceforge driver I mention above won't include the net netdev ops unless you 
apply this short patch to it.

--- ixgbe-2.0.84.9/src/kcompat.h        2010-06-24 14:05:25.000000000 -0700
+++ ixgbe-2.0.84.9-iplink/src/kcompat.h 2010-07-08 15:06:41.000000000 -0700
@@ -2055,6 +2055,7 @@ extern u16 _kc_skb_tx_hash(struct net_de
 #ifndef HAVE_TRANS_START_IN_QUEUE
 #define HAVE_TRANS_START_IN_QUEUE
 #endif
+#define HAVE_IPLINK_VF_CONFIG
 #endif /* < 2.6.31 */
 
 /*****************************************************************************/

This allows the driver to include the necessary netdev ops on a 2.6.32 kernel.

- Greg

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