From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755689Ab2GXPyS (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:54:18 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:34885 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755519Ab2GXPyQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:54:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:54:12 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ben@decadent.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] drivers: hv: kvp Message-ID: <20120724155412.GA23918@kroah.com> References: <1343145672-3641-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1343145672-3641-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 09:01:12AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > This patchset expands the KVP (Key Value Pair) functionality to > implement the mechanism to GET/SET IP addresses in the guest. This > functionality is used in Windows Server 2012 to implement VM > replication functionality. The way IP configuration information > is managed is distro specific. Based on the feedback I have gotten > from Olaf, Greg, Steve, Ben and Mairus, I have chosen to seperate > distro specific code from this patch-set. Most of the GET operation > can be implemented in a way that is completely distro independent and > I have implemented that as such and is included in this patch-set. > Some of the attributes that can only be fetched in a distro > dependent way as well the mechanism for configuring an interface > (the SET operation) that is clearly distro specific is to be > implemented via external scripts that will be invoked via the KVP > code. We define here the interface to these scripts. > > Adding support for IP injection resulted in some changes to the > protocol between the user level daemon and the kernel driver. > These changes have been implemented in way that would retain > compatibility with older daemons. I would like to thank Olaf and > Greg for pointing out the compatibility issue. Due to this being the middle of the merge window, I will not be able to look at this until after 3.6-rc1 is out. greg k-h