From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
Pankaj Thakkar <pthakkar@vmware.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
"pv-drivers@vmware.com" <pv-drivers@vmware.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 13:36:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005051336.32712.dtor@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201005052209.48465.arnd@arndb.de>
On Wednesday 05 May 2010 01:09:48 pm Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > If you have any interesting in developing this further, do:
> > >
> > > (1) move the limited VF drivers directly into the kernel tree,
> > > talk to them through a normal ops vector
> >
> > [PT] This assumes that all the VF drivers would always be available.
> > Also we have to support windows and our current design supports it
> > nicely in an OS agnostic manner.
>
> Your approach assumes that the plugin is always available, which has
> exactly the same implications.
Since plugin[s] are carried by the host they are indeed always
available.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-05 20:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-04 23:02 RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3 Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 0:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-05 0:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-05 0:18 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 0:18 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 0:32 ` David Miller
2010-05-05 0:32 ` David Miller
2010-05-05 0:38 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 0:38 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 2:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-05 2:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-05 0:58 ` Chris Wright
2010-05-05 0:58 ` Chris Wright
2010-05-05 19:00 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 19:00 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 17:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:29 ` [Pv-drivers] " Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05 17:29 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05 17:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:35 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05 17:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:47 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 20:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-05 20:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2010-05-05 21:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-05 21:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-05 22:05 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-06 2:03 ` Scott Feldman
2010-05-06 2:03 ` Scott Feldman
2010-05-06 7:25 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-06 7:25 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-06 7:25 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-06 7:25 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-05 22:05 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-05 20:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05 20:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-06 8:19 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-05-06 8:19 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-05-06 18:04 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-06 18:04 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-06 20:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-06 20:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-06 20:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-06 20:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:47 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 17:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-06 20:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-07-13 3:06 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-07-13 5:16 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-07-13 5:16 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-07-14 0:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-07-14 0:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-07-14 9:49 ` Greg KH
2010-07-14 17:18 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-07-14 17:18 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-07-14 17:54 ` David Miller
2010-07-14 18:03 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-07-14 18:03 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-07-14 17:54 ` David Miller
2010-07-14 20:20 ` Greg KH
2010-07-14 20:20 ` Greg KH
2010-07-14 17:19 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-07-14 17:19 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-07-14 20:42 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-07-14 21:06 ` Greg KH
2010-07-14 21:06 ` Greg KH
2010-07-14 20:42 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-07-14 9:49 ` Greg KH
2010-07-13 3:06 ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2010-05-06 20:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-05 17:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:35 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05 17:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-05-05 17:59 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-05 17:59 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-05 19:44 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-05 19:44 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-06 8:58 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-06 8:58 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-10 20:46 ` Pankaj Thakkar
2010-05-10 20:46 ` Pankaj Thakkar
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