From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Fastabend Subject: Re: [E1000-eedc] [PATCH 16/17] lldpad support for libvirt netlink message Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:52:46 -0700 Message-ID: <4C57CACE.2070202@intel.com> References: <1279881273-10261-1-git-send-email-jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1279881273-10261-17-git-send-email-jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1279881273-10261-17-git-send-email-jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Jens Osterkamp Cc: "chrisw@redhat.com" , Stefan Berger , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Gerhard Stenzel , "evb@yahoogroups.com" , "e1000-eedc@lists.sourceforge.net" List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Jens Osterkamp wrote: > This code receives a IEEE 802.1Qbg virtual station instance from libvirt in > a SETLINK message. The parsed VSI is then handed over to VDP for processing. > The VDP state machine processes the VSI while libvirt polls the result using > GETLINK. > > Requires at least Linux kernel 2.6.35-rc1. > > Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp > Signed-off-by: Gerhard Stenzel > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger > --- > event_iface.c | 617 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > lldp_vdp.c | 2 +- > lldpad.c | 10 + > 3 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > Jens, Can you explain why this interface is needed? There is already a kernel interface for this how come libvirt and lldpad can not use the kernel interface? Thanks, John.