Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:51:52 +0100 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@yahoo-inc.com> Subject: Re: vlan filtering Message-ID: <46D7E4B8.4030609@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0708301622j6b4eeab9h62576dcfd1325b0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a41acea0708301622j6b4eeab9h62576dcfd1325b0a@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: > I was just working on a bug in the Oplin driver that had me look > a bit more at VLAN code than I had previously. > > FreeBSD has apparently never used the hardware vlan filtering > that our hardware can do, is there a systemic reason for this, > or has the code lagged in its use of the system? > > I at least don't understand how the driver is supposed to get > the vlan id to set in the filter, am I just unenlightened? :) > > If this is doable I can add code into em as well as ixgbe. > > Jack This isn't really directly related but could be important for some users. If you where to use this would the card handle Q in Q properly with the filter on or would there have to be some form of administrative option to turn the hardware filter on/off? Tom
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