Re: [PATCH 0/5] virtio_net: Add MAC and VLAN filtering

David Miller
2009-01-20T01:10:07Z

From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:30:31 +0000

> virtio_net: add link status handling
>
> Allow the host to inform us that the link is down by adding
> a VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS which indicates that device status is
> available in virtio_net config.
>
> This is currently useful for simulating link down conditions
> (e.g. using proposed qemu 'set_link' monitor command) but
> would also be needed if we were to support device assignment
> via virtio.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (added future masking)

Queued up for 2.6.30, thanks!