Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iproute2: macvlan: add "source" mode

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:11:46 -0700

On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:08:55 +0200
Michael Braun <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Adjusting iproute2 utility to support new macvlan link type mode called
> "source".
> 
> Example of commands that can be applied:
>   ip link add link eth0 name macvlan0 type macvlan mode source
>   ip link set link dev macvlan0 type macvlan macaddr add 00:11:11:11:11:11
>   ip link set link dev macvlan0 type macvlan macaddr del 00:11:11:11:11:11
>   ip link set link dev macvlan0 type macvlan macaddr flush
>   ip -details link show dev macvlan0
> 
> Based on previous work of Stefan Gula <[email-masked]>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Braun <[email-masked]>
> 
> Cc: [email-masked]
> --
> v3: fix coding style, sorry for the noise
> ---
>  include/linux/if_link.h |   2 +
>  ip/iplink_macvlan.c     | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in   |  57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
> index 1feb708..ec5e64e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/if_link.h
> +++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
> @@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ enum macvlan_macaddr_mode {
>  };
>  
>  #define MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC	1
> +#define MACVLAN_FLAG_UNICAST	2
> +#define MACVLAN_FLAG_UNICAST_ALL	4

These header changes are not in upstream source. Sorry, you have to get the kernel
changes in first. I am backing this out of iproute2