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2018 Jan 23
2
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
...n driver.
> Well not necessarily - just a separate netdev ops.
> Kind of like e.g. vlans share a driver with the main driver.
Not sure what you meant by vlans sharing a driver with the main driver.
IIUC, vlans are supported via 802.1q driver and? creates a netdev of
type 'vlan'
with vlan_netdev_ops
>
>> As we are using virtio_net to control and manage the VF data path, it is not
>> clear to me
>> what is the advantage of creating a new device rather than extending
>> virtio_net to manage
>> the VF datapath via transparent bond mechanism.
>>
>> Tha...
2018 Jan 23
2
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
...n driver.
> Well not necessarily - just a separate netdev ops.
> Kind of like e.g. vlans share a driver with the main driver.
Not sure what you meant by vlans sharing a driver with the main driver.
IIUC, vlans are supported via 802.1q driver and? creates a netdev of
type 'vlan'
with vlan_netdev_ops
>
>> As we are using virtio_net to control and manage the VF data path, it is not
>> clear to me
>> what is the advantage of creating a new device rather than extending
>> virtio_net to manage
>> the VF datapath via transparent bond mechanism.
>>
>> Tha...
2018 Jan 23
2
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
...e netdev ops.
>> > Kind of like e.g. vlans share a driver with the main driver.
>>
>> Not sure what you meant by vlans sharing a driver with the main driver.
>> IIUC, vlans are supported via 802.1q driver and creates a netdev of type
>> 'vlan'
>> with vlan_netdev_ops
>
> But nothing prevents a single module from registering
> multiple ops.
Just to clarify, it seems like what you are suggesting is just adding
the "master" as a separate set of netdev ops or netdevice and to have
virtio spawn two network devices, one slave and one master, if t...
2018 Jan 23
0
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
...sarily - just a separate netdev ops.
> > Kind of like e.g. vlans share a driver with the main driver.
>
> Not sure what you meant by vlans sharing a driver with the main driver.
> IIUC, vlans are supported via 802.1q driver and? creates a netdev of type
> 'vlan'
> with vlan_netdev_ops
But nothing prevents a single module from registering
multiple ops.
> >
> > > As we are using virtio_net to control and manage the VF data path, it is not
> > > clear to me
> > > what is the advantage of creating a new device rather than extending
> > >...
2018 Jan 22
5
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
On 1/22/2018 1:31 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 01:49:58PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:25:41AM -0800, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 1/17/2018 11:02 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>>> On
2018 Jan 22
5
[virtio-dev] [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit
On 1/22/2018 1:31 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 01:49:58PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:25:41AM -0800, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 1/17/2018 11:02 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>>> On