From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:36 +0100 References: <1259862720-28432-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <1259862720-28432-3-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <20091212084112.GA8948@gondor.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20091212084112.GA8948@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912141300.37063.arnd@arndb.de> Subject: Re: [Bridge] [RFC] macvlan: add tap device backend List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Herbert Xu Cc: Edge Virtual Bridging , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , "Fischer, Anna" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , Or Gerlitz , Anthony Liguori , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org On Saturday 12 December 2009, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 06:52:00PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > This is a second prototype of a new interface into the network > > stack, to eventually replace tun/tap and the bridge driver > > in certain virtual machine setups. The code has changed > > significantly, but the goals still remain. > > The idea looks pretty sound to me. Thanks! > > I'm posting this mainly to solicit feedback. Not sure how > > chances for integration into 2.6.33 are, given that the merge > > window is opening already. > > It's way too late for 2.6.33. But the earlier this becomes ready > then the earlier it can go into linux-next. Right. Since the code is basically working (I have two known bugs I'm still working on) and people want to test it, what is the best path? I could a) keep my git tree for myself, b) have it added to linux-next, c) prepare a combined patch for net-next.git, or d) have it added to drivers/staging Arnd