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From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
To: Jens Osterkamp <jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "chrisw@redhat.com" <chrisw@redhat.com>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	Gerhard Stenzel <gstenzel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"evb@yahoogroups.com" <evb@yahoogroups.com>,
	"e1000-eedc@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<e1000-eedc@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [E1000-eedc] [PATCH 16/17] lldpad support for libvirt netlink message
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:52:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C57CACE.2070202@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1279881273-10261-17-git-send-email-jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Jens Osterkamp wrote:
> This code receives a IEEE 802.1Qbg virtual station instance from libvirt in
> a SETLINK message. The parsed VSI is then handed over to VDP for processing.
> The VDP state machine processes the VSI while libvirt polls the result using
> GETLINK.
> 
> Requires at least Linux kernel 2.6.35-rc1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gerhard Stenzel <gstenzel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  event_iface.c |  617 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lldp_vdp.c    |    2 +-
>  lldpad.c      |   10 +
>  3 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Jens,

Can you explain why this interface is needed?  There is already a kernel 
interface for this how come libvirt and lldpad can not use the kernel interface?

Thanks,
John.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-03  7:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-23 10:34 implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 01/17] consolidation of MIN and MAX macros in common.h Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 02/17] implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad, part 1 Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 03/17] support for getting and setting EVB TLV parameters Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 04/17] BUGFIX: check in correct positions Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 05/17] remove VDPL and proper config save and restore Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 06/17] BUGFIX: agree to max of rte Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 07/17] BUGFIX: avoid compile warnings Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 08/17] BUGFIX: fix formatting in include/lldp_evb_clif.h Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 09/17] BUGFIX: check for existence of ifup Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 10/17] allow to set both supported forwarding modes Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 11/17] ECP implementation Jens Osterkamp
2010-08-03  6:36   ` [E1000-eedc] " John Fastabend
2010-08-03 12:02     ` Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 12/17] implementation of vdp Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 13/17] VDP commandline interface Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 14/17] add libnl dependency to configure.ac Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 15/17] use connect instead of bind Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 16/17] lldpad support for libvirt netlink message Jens Osterkamp
2010-08-03  7:52   ` John Fastabend [this message]
2010-08-03 11:59     ` [E1000-eedc] " Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 ` [PATCH 17/17] do not use macv[tap/lan] interfaces as ports Jens Osterkamp

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