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authorSteven Luong <sluong@cisco.com>2019-06-04 22:29:39 -0700
committerDamjan Marion <dmarion@me.com>2019-06-05 12:48:36 +0000
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avf: enable promiscuous mode
In order to receive multicast packets from the VF interface, promiscuos mode must be enable. Type: fix Fixes: b4ff07a Change-Id: I549bc37a05895d3355f2832c200e9262c95a27b5 Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com>
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```
+### Promisc mode
+In cases when interface is used in the L2 mode or promisc mode is needed for some other reason,
+trust needs to be set to "on" using the linux "ip link" utility.
+```
+ip link set dev <PF inteface name> vf <VF id> trust on
+```
+
### Interface Creation
Interfaces can be dynamically created by using following CLI:
```