From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Siwei Liu <loseweigh@gmail.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@oracle.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@wp.pl>, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
"Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>,
Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 10:44:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180404104400.28b81570@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b0f5e27b-0be1-311e-f3f3-f79af5cd4521@gmail.com>
On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:37:52 -0600
David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> wrote:
> Networking vendors have out of tree kernel modules. Those modules use a
> netdev (call it a master netdev, a control netdev, cpu port, whatever)
> to pull packets from the ASIC and deliver to virtual netdevices
> representing physical ports. The master netdev should not be mucked with
> by a user. It should be ignored by certain s/w with lldpd as just an
> *example*.
Sorry, the linux kernel maintainers have a clear well defined attitude
about out of tree kernel modules...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-04 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-01 9:13 [RFC PATCH 0/3] Userspace compatible driver model for virtio_bypass Si-Wei Liu
2018-04-01 9:13 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] qemu: virtio-bypass should explicitly bind to a passthrough device Si-Wei Liu
2018-04-03 12:25 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-04 8:02 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu
2018-04-05 15:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-04-07 2:54 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-01 9:13 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice Si-Wei Liu
2018-04-01 16:11 ` David Ahern
2018-04-03 7:40 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-03 14:57 ` David Ahern
2018-04-03 15:42 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-04-03 19:23 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 1:04 ` David Ahern
2018-04-04 6:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-04-04 8:01 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 7:36 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 17:21 ` David Ahern
2018-04-04 17:37 ` David Miller
2018-04-04 18:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-04-07 2:32 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-07 3:19 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-09 22:07 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-09 22:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-09 22:30 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-09 23:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-04-09 23:31 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-08 16:32 ` David Miller
2018-04-10 6:48 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-18 0:26 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-18 23:33 ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2018-04-19 4:41 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-19 5:00 ` [virtio-dev] " Samudrala, Sridhar
2018-04-19 5:07 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-19 6:10 ` [virtio-dev] " Samudrala, Sridhar
2018-04-19 6:43 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-19 6:31 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 18:02 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 8:28 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-04 17:37 ` David Ahern
2018-04-04 17:42 ` David Miller
2018-04-04 17:44 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2018-04-04 20:08 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-03 17:35 ` Stephen Hemminger
[not found] ` <CADGSJ23vZdtQzWdc_6M_Hr4MUej--wgvJ785DwRF3VaPWS1rpA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <20180403160834.51594373@xeon-e3>
2018-04-06 21:29 ` Siwei Liu
2018-04-01 9:13 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] virtio_net: make lower netdevs for virtio_bypass hidden Si-Wei Liu
2018-04-03 12:20 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-04 8:03 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu
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