Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: Fix save/load

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> We can't rely on build switches to tell us if a save image
>>> includes a given field.  We also need to save status since
>>> it's visible to the guest.  Draw another line in the sand
>>> for broken save versions.  The version number should always
>>> be updated when new values are saved and load should make
>>> an attempt to set reasonable defaults for lower version save
>>> images.
>>>   
>>
>> I applied the the first part of this ancient patch.  Can't tell from 
>> the thread what the consensus is for the rest.
>
> Please don't bump the version number.  If you do, you'll be 
> incompatible with upstream QEMU.  We have to coordinate version number 
> changes or else we're going to guarantee that we break backwards 
> compatibility down the road.
>

I didn't.

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