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Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:31:37 -0600
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-net: Remove RX_EXTRA feature
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
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To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: markmc@redhat.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin<mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 01:17:04PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> No need to use a feature bit to identify the RX modes. =C2=A0The guest
>> will get an error back if the backend doesn't support these controls.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
>
> What's the motivation here - are we running out of feature bits already?
> Using feature bits for everything makes the interface more consistent
> and IMO easier to use.

See the thread starting here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-06/msg00519.html

Both Rusty and Mark voted against the feature bit.

Alex