Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net 0/5] ice: LLDP support for VFs

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:54:50 -0800

On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 01:50:03 +0100 Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> For RX: match on Ethertype and mirror, every trusted VF should be able to scan 
> neighbors.
> 
> For TX this is more complicated and is done not through eswitch, but through 
> modifying security options, so do not think this would work with tc. So private 
> flags are the best option? Our requirements say only a single VSI can transmit 
> LLDP.

It is doable theoretically, tho, right? Driver can detect that all
eswitch VF/PF ports but one have a "drop LLDP" rule and update the
security option correctly?