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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:07 +0300
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
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To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>

On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 11:46:23AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> > For small packets we can simplify xmit processing
> > by linearizing buffers with the header:
> > most packets seem to have enough head room
> > we can use for this purpose.
> > Since existing hypervisors require that header
> > is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit
> > for this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Note: this needs to be applied on top of patch
> > defining VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - bit to be
> > selected by Rusty.
> >
> > The following patch should work for any definition of
> > VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - I used bit 31 for testing.
> > Rusty, could you please pick a valid bit for VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT
> > and squeeze this patch into 3.11?
> 
> Sorry, it's too late.
> 
> First, I've been a bit lax in sending patches via DaveM, and this is
> definitely his territory (ie. more net than virtio).
> 
> Secondly, it needs baking and testing time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rusty.

Okay. But we can already commit the qemu change, right?
Also, can you submit the spec update please?