From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for netconsole driver used on bridge device with VIF attached Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:24:02 +0100 Message-ID: <1367331842.3142.546.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> References: <5757e54b-902b-4338-8ac9-43857cd1906c@default> <50FD8243.6000501@oracle.com> <1358846612.3279.282.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <201301291054.46405.yuval.shaia@oracle.com> <1359455385.12252.85.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <1367232145.26060.1.camel@yuval-pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Stephen Hemminger To: Yuval Shaia Return-path: Received: from smtp.eu.citrix.com ([46.33.159.39]:52006 "EHLO SMTP.EU.CITRIX.COM" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760656Ab3D3OYF (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:24:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1367232145.26060.1.camel@yuval-pc> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 11:42 +0100, Yuval Shaia wrote: > Can you suggest how to continue from here? as i don't see any comment on > that issue up to now. Please can you resend the patch with an extended changelog based on the discussions in this thread and CC the bridge folks as well. Ian. > Yuval > > > > AFAICT the only reason to actually support netpoll in netback would be > > if you wanted host logs to go to a listener running in a domain on the > > same host, which sounds like a mad idea to me! If someone actually has a > > real need for that use case and can test that it works I'd be happy to > > reconsider this patch on that basis (assuming the necessary #ifdefs are > > added as mentioned before). > > > > > > BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped > > > > in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. > > > > > > > > Ian. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >