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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: Does macvtap support host to guest communication?
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:14:25 +0200
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To: Asias He <asias.hejun@gmail.com>
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On Monday 18 April 2011, Asias He wrote:
> > 
> > If you want a regular device to be able to send to a macvlan
> > port, that would require at least these changes:
> > 
> > * Add an option to put a plain device into macvlan-bridge mode
> > * Add support for that option into iproute2
> > * Add a hook into dev_queue_xmit() to check for macvlan ports
> 
> Cool! Arnd, mind to add this feature to macvtap?

No, not after I just explained why I haven't done it before
and why it's so controversial.

Also, I have moved on to other projects and am no longer doing
active development of the macvtap driver. I'd be happy to
pass on the ownership to someone else and help him or her extend
it.

	Arnd