From: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 21:09:21 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: add a word about Intel X710 with embedded LLDP daemon
X-Git-Tag: 1.0.0~25
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=db4383ddb33d28f211e7075dfe6ee27c2115930e;p=thirdparty%2Flldpd.git

doc: add a word about Intel X710 with embedded LLDP daemon
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a73ae5e9..9d599c3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ You can use `tcpdump` to look after the packets received and send by
 
     tcpdump -s0 -vv -pni eth0 ether dst 01:80:c2:00:00:0e
 
+Intel X710 cards may handle LLDP themselves, intercepting any incoming
+packets. If you don't see anything through `tcpdump`, check if you
+have such a card (with `lspci`) and stop the embedded LLDP daemon:
+
+    for f in /sys/kernel/debug/i40e/*/command; do
+        echo lldp stop > $f
+    done
+
 License
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