From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 7/9] Virtual network guest device driver Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 09:49:35 -0500 Message-ID: <4647257F.4020900@codemonkey.ws> References: <1178903957.25135.13.camel@cotte.boeblingen.de.ibm.com><1178904965.25135.34.camel@cotte.boeblingen.de.ibm.com><13426df10705111244w1578ebedy8259bc42ca1f588d@mail.gmail.com> <46457EF9.2070706@de.ibm.com> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BC74612@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jimi Xenidis , Christian Borntraeger , jmk-zzFmDc4TPjtKvsKVC3L/VUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org, carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, mschwid2-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Dor Laor Return-path: In-Reply-To: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BC74612-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Dor Laor wrote: > push it into the kernel are: > a. We should perform much better > b. It would be a painful task getting all the code review that a > > complicated network interface should get. > c. There's already a PV driver that answers a,b. > The Xen's PV network driver is now pushed into the kernel. > Actually, it's not (at least not as of a few moments ago). Furthermore, the plan is to completely rearchitect the netback/netfront protocol for the next Xen release (this effort is referred to netchannel2). See some of the XenSummit slides as to why this is necessary. Regards, Anthony Liguori > It is optimized, and support tso. > By adding a generic ops calls we can make enjoy all the above. > > Using Xen's core PV code doesn't imply that we will have their interface > {xenstore} the interface creation and tear-down would be kvm specific. > They could even have a plain directory structure. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/