Re: current status of ixg(4)

[Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>]

Hi, Uwe.

> > but I found a problem with vlan interfaces.
> >
> > You can create a vlan interface with:
> >
> > ifconfig vlan8 create
> > ifconfig vlan8 vlan 8 vlanif ixg0 up
> >
> > The interface is generated. But there are no packages. ifconfig -v shows no inbound packets. tcpdump on ixg0 but indicates tagged packets for VLAN8.
> >
> > The problem also existed with the previous ixg driver. With wm interfaces, the problem does not seem to exist.
>
> Is this problem filed PR? If not, could you file a PR?

Could you test with this patch?

Index: ixgbe.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/pci/ixgbe/ixgbe.c,v
retrieving revision 1.14.2.2
diff -u -p -r1.14.2.2 ixgbe.c
--- ixgbe.c	24 Feb 2015 10:41:09 -0000	1.14.2.2
+++ ixgbe.c	23 Mar 2015 07:32:50 -0000
@@ -1064,6 +1064,9 @@ ixgbe_ifflags_cb(struct ethercom *ec)
 	else if ((change & (IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI)) != 0)
 		ixgbe_set_promisc(adapter);
 
+	/* Set up VLAN support and filter */
+	ixgbe_setup_vlan_hw_support(adapter);
+
 	IXGBE_CORE_UNLOCK(adapter);
 
 	return rc;


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