From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55407 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2Oap-0004qY-HZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:27:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2Oao-0000Jw-IJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:27:07 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33785) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2Oao-0000Jg-76 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:27:06 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 15:20:51 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: Add support for multiple individual addresses (multiple IA) Message-ID: <20101003132051.GC19184@redhat.com> References: <4CA38D83.9040106@mail.berlios.de> <1285790395-25460-1-git-send-email-weil@mail.berlios.de> <20100929203010.GA7472@laped.lan> <20101003095653.GA16313@redhat.com> <4CA856DB.2070805@mail.berlios.de> <20101003111635.GC17133@redhat.com> <4CA86D61.3080200@mail.berlios.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CA86D61.3080200@mail.berlios.de> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Stefan Weil Cc: "Edgar E. Iglesias" , QEMU Developers On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 01:47:45PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote: > >>It might be applied to the stable branches, too. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Stefan > > > >To me, this doesn't look like a stable branch material: this adds is a > >new feature, not a bugfix. Which guests benefit and how does > >one use the routing emulation? > > > The first mail in this thread should answer your question. > > It depends on your point of view whether better emulation > adds a new feature or fixes a bug: When in doubt, excercise caution. But in the end, I think it's your call: do you want this in 0.13 stable, too? -- MST