This happens when multicast routing is enabled.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Specifies how IPv6 link local address is generated. Takes one of <literal>eui64</literal>,
- <literal>none</literal>, <literal>stable-privacy</literal> and <literal>random</literal>.
- When unset, the kernel's default will be used. Note that if <varname>LinkLocalAdressing=</varname>
- not configured as <literal>ipv6</literal> then <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname>
- is ignored.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Unmanaged=</varname></term>
<listitem>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[SR-IOV] Section Options</title>
+ <para>The <literal>[SR-IOV]</literal> section accepts the
+ following keys. Specify several <literal>[SR-IOV]</literal>
+ sections to configure several SR-IOVs. SR-IOV provides the ability to partition a single physical PCI resource
+ into virtual PCI functions which can then be injected into a VM. In the case of network VFs, SR-IOV improves
+ north-south network performance (that is, traffic with endpoints outside the host machine) by allowing traffic to
+ bypass the host machine’s network stack.</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VirtualFunction=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies a Virtual Function (VF), lightweight PCIe function designed solely to move data
+ in and out. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0..2147483646. This option is compulsory.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies VLAN ID of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1..4095.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>QualityOfService=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies quality of service of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1..4294967294.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VLANProtocol=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies VLAN protocol of the virtual function. Takes <literal>802.1Q</literal> or
+ <literal>802.1ad</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MACSpoofCheck=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Takes a boolean. Controls the MAC spoof checking. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>QueryReceiveSideScaling=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Takes a boolean. Toggle the ability of querying the receive side scaling (RSS)
+ configuration of the virtual function (VF). The VF RSS information like RSS hash key may be
+ considered sensitive on some devices where this information is shared between VF and the
+ physical function (PF). When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Trust=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Takes a boolean. Allows to set trust mode of the virtual function (VF). When set, VF
+ users can set a specific feature which may impact security and/or performance. When unset,
+ the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>LinkState=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Allows to set the link state of the virtual function (VF). Takes a boolean or a
+ special value <literal>auto</literal>. Setting to <literal>auto</literal> means a
+ reflection of the physical function (PF) link state, <literal>yes</literal> lets the VF to
+ communicate with other VFs on this host even if the PF link state is down,
+ <literal>no</literal> causes the hardware to drop any packets sent by the VF. When unset,
+ the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies the MAC address for the virtual function.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>[Network] Section Options</title>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies how IPv6 link local address is generated. Takes one of <literal>eui64</literal>,
+ <literal>none</literal>, <literal>stable-privacy</literal> and <literal>random</literal>.
+ When unset, the kernel's default will be used. Note that if <varname>LinkLocalAdressing=</varname>
+ not configured as <literal>ipv6</literal> then <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname>
+ is ignored.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>IPv4LLRoute=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>WithoutRA=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>When true, DHCPv6 client starts without router advertisements's managed or other address configuration flag.
- Defaults to false.</para>
+ <para>Allows DHCPv6 client to start without router advertisements's managed or other address configuration flag.
+ Takes one of <literal>solicit</literal> or <literal>information-request</literal>. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>