Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3

Dmitry Torokhov
2010-05-05T20:36:36Z

On Wednesday 05 May 2010 01:09:48 pm Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > If you have any interesting in developing this further, do:
> > >
> > > (1) move the limited VF drivers directly into the kernel tree,
> > > talk to them through a normal ops vector
> >
> > [PT] This assumes that all the VF drivers would always be available.
> > Also we have to support windows and our current design supports it
> > nicely in an OS agnostic manner.
>
> Your approach assumes that the plugin is always available, which has
> exactly the same implications.

Since plugin[s] are carried by the host they are indeed always
available.

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Dmitry