From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 12:35:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C60E01065675 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7011E8FC1A for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.52]) by QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id fnvS1a00417dt5G59obqGv; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:35:50 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id fobp1a0012P6wsM3ZobpX6; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:35:50 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6DhFfMlRuDsA:10 a=26nLF3QrrG0A:10 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=am93mdXYGLi2k7DCcPoA:9 a=yMPGIt8WYO6JulCFK-UA:7 a=txcwMbo6XZkXGGgq-d_k3OLNy04A:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DFC9633C36; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:35:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:35:48 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Yony Yossef Message-ID: <20081116123548.GA1531@icarus.home.lan> References: <20def4870811160403i67f9e8d6i1a52e93d1b68c5ad@mail.gmail.com> <20081116121345.GA952@icarus.home.lan> <20def4870811160427k1a718a8es9287220c03f71f26@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20def4870811160427k1a718a8es9287220c03f71f26@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Yehonatan Yossef , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, liranl@mellanox.co.il Subject: Re: HW VLAN Filtering on FreeBSD 6.3 + 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:35:51 -0000 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 02:27:36PM +0200, Yony Yossef wrote: > > > I would like to enable my NIC HW VLAN filtering, is there any way for > > my > > > driver to access the OS vlan table? (something like vlan_group_get_device > > on > > > linux) > > > > > > I understood from previous investigation that on FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0 > > there's > > > no ioctl informing the driver of vlan addition/removal. Is that correct? > > > > Man pages to check out: vlan(4) and ifconfig(8). I'm pretty sure the > > vlan tagging feature is per-driver. > > > Also, the vlan(4) list of supported drivers is out of date (for example, > > em(4) is missing), so be sure to check the man page of your NIC driver. > > Sorry, i explained myself pretty bad. I'm working on an Ethernet driver for > FreeBSD. > The VLAN hw tagging is already working properly, but my nic is capable of > holding a vlan table on hw, filtering vlans on it's own. > I need to find a way to update that hw table. > one way is to recieve a ioctl from the OS of it's vlan table event (add, > remove). I can't find such ioctl. > second is to have a direct access from the driver to the OS vlan table. I'm > not familiar with the interface or if it's possible at all, and that is my > actual question. This question should go to freebsd-hackers. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |