Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: Add support for multiple individual addresses (multiple IA)

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 02:57:31PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Am 03.10.2010 15:20, schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin:
> >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?
> 
> 
> Yes. The patch is strictly limited to eepro100.c, and even there
> its risk is limited to a highly specialized functionality.
> 
> On the other side we get a stable version 0.13 with increased
> usability for a lot of people who use qemu with eepro100 to
> emulate their routers.
> 
> Therefore it would be good to have this patch in 0.13 as well.
> 
> Regards,
> Stefan

OK then.
I've applied the patch in my tree, and I have no objections
against it going into stable.

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MST