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authormstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2015-05-18 20:50:15 +0000
committermstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2015-05-18 20:50:15 +0000
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parentaa8bdde30c52f29e603cfbd13ce29af349b8a044 (diff)
network device: document VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA
VIRTIO-124 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/branches/v1.0@529 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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@@ -3643,32 +3643,93 @@ do except issue a diagnostic if \field{ack} is not
VIRTIO_NET_OK.
\paragraph{Packet Receive Filtering}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Packet Receive Filtering}
+\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Setting Promiscuous Mode}%old label for latexdiff
-If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX feature is negotiated, the driver can
-send control commands for promiscuous mode, multicast receiving,
-and filtering of MAC addresses.
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX and VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA
+features are negotiated, the driver can send control commands for
+promiscuous mode, multicast, unicast and broadcast receiving.
\begin{note}
In general, these commands are best-effort: unwanted
packets could still arrive.
\end{note}
-\paragraph{Setting Promiscuous Mode}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Setting Promiscuous Mode}
-
\begin{lstlisting}
#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX 0
#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_PROMISC 0
#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI 1
+ #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLUNI 2
+ #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOMULTI 3
+ #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOUNI 4
+ #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOBCAST 5
\end{lstlisting}
-The class VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX has two commands:
-VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_PROMISC turns promiscuous mode on and off, and
-VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI turns all-multicast receive on and
+
+\devicenormative{\subparagraph}{Packet Receive Filtering}{Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Packet Receive Filtering}
+
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX feature has been negotiated,
+the device MUST support the following VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX class
+commands:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_PROMISC turns promiscuous mode on and
+off. The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (off) or
+1 (on). If promiscous mode is on, the device SHOULD receive all
+incoming packets.
+This SHOULD take effect even if one of the other modes set by
+a VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX class command is on.
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI turns all-multicast receive on and
+off. The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (off) or
+1 (on). When all-multicast receive is on the device SHOULD allow
+all incoming multicast packets.
+\end{itemize}
+
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA feature has been negotiated,
+the device MUST support the following VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX class
+commands:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLUNI turns all-unicast receive on and
off. The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (off) or
-1 (on).
+1 (on). When all-unicast receive is on the device SHOULD allow
+all incoming unicast packets.
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOMULTI suppresses multicast receive.
+The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (multicast
+receive allowed) or 1 (multicast receive suppressed).
+When multicast receive is suppressed, the device SHOULD NOT
+send multicast packets to the driver.
+This SHOULD take effect even if VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI is on.
+This filter SHOULD NOT apply to broadcast packets.
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOUNI suppresses unicast receive.
+The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (unicast
+receive allowed) or 1 (unicast receive suppressed).
+When unicast receive is suppressed, the device SHOULD NOT
+send unicast packets to the driver.
+This SHOULD take effect even if VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLUNI is on.
+\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOBCAST suppresses broadcast receive.
+The command-specific-data is one byte containing 0 (broadcast
+receive allowed) or 1 (broadcast receive suppressed).
+When broadcast receive is suppressed, the device SHOULD NOT
+send broadcast packets to the driver.
+This SHOULD take effect even if VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI is on.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\drivernormative{\subparagraph}{Packet Receive Filtering}{Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Packet Receive Filtering}
+
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX feature has not been negotiated,
+the driver MUST NOT issue commands VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_PROMISC or
+VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLMULTI.
+
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA feature has not been negotiated,
+the driver MUST NOT issue commands
+ VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_ALLUNI,
+ VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOMULTI,
+ VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOUNI or
+ VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX_NOBCAST.
\paragraph{Setting MAC Address Filtering}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Setting MAC Address Filtering}
+If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX feature is negotiated, the driver can
+send control commands for MAC address filtering.
+
\begin{lstlisting}
struct virtio_net_ctrl_mac {
le32 entries;
@@ -3715,6 +3776,13 @@ nor the MAC filtering table.
\drivernormative{\subparagraph}{Setting MAC Address Filtering}{Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Setting MAC Address Filtering}
+If VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX has not been negotiated,
+the driver MUST NOT issue VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC class commands.
+
+If VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX has been negotiated,
+the driver SHOULD issue VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC_ADDR_SET
+to set the default mac if it is different from \field{mac}.
+
The driver MUST follow the VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC_TABLE_SET command
by a le32 number, followed by that number of non-multicast
MAC addresses, followed by another le32 number, followed by