From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 7/9] Virtual network guest device driver Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:33 +0300 Message-ID: <46484DBD.4@qumranet.com> 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> <4647257F.4020900@codemonkey.ws> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BC74675@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> <4647418A.2040201@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jimi Xenidis , jmk-zzFmDc4TPjtKvsKVC3L/VUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org, Christian Borntraeger , mschwid2-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Anthony Liguori Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4647418A.2040201-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@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 Anthony Liguori wrote: > Dor Laor wrote: > >> Furthermore, >> >> >>> the plan is to completely rearchitect the netback/netfront protocol for >>> the next Xen release (this effort is referred to netchannel2). >>> >>> >> But isn't Jeremy Fitzhardinge is pushing big patch queue into the >> kernel? >> >> > > Yes, but it's not in the kernel yet and there's no guarantee it'll get > there in time for KVM's consumption. > I doubt we could add the missing features to kvmnet, test, optimize, submit to netdev, apply comments, re-submit, re-write, update to latest netdev api, and fix all the bugs much faster. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/