From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KuFmT-0000Kk-74 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:16:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KuFmR-0000KR-My for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:16:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39036 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KuFmR-0000KO-Gr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:16:23 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.246]:39263) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KuFmR-0005tP-4t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:16:23 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id f25so1668704rvb.22 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:16:20 +0200 From: "andrzej zaborowski" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH [1/2] Patches to support Juniper Olives - eepro100 multicast In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org 2008/10/16 Brandon Bennett : > These patches are what I found was needed/wanted to support a "Juniper > Olive". Juniper routers run on off the shelf x86 archecture as a > result you can load JunOS (the software that runs on Juniper routers) > onto any standard PC and run it as an Olive. Olive is the state of a > router without a PFE (the forwarding plane of a juniper router). The > olive allows you to do most Juniper routing allowing you to study for > certifications, test out network changes, or test new features. > > More information here: http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Olive > > The first patch is to update eepro100.c to the latest version found > from Stefan Weil's ar7-firmware qemu trunk. This patch is essential > as it fixes multicast with the eepr100 supported nics. Olive routers > only support this nic so it is essential. > > This patch is line for line from Weil's respository with no changes. > I hope this is alright to support others work. I think so. Note that the patch changes the license for eepro100.c to GPL3+. I'm no expert on this but I believe doing this would prohibit people from distributing qemu packages. Cheers