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This is the third version of the macvtap device driver, following another major restructuring and a lot of bug fixes: * Change macvtap to be based around a struct sock * macvtap: fix initialization * return 0 to netlink * don't use rcu for q->file and q->vlan pointers * macvtap: checkpatch.pl fixes * macvtap: fix tun IFF flags * Use a struct socket to make tx flow control work * disable

This is the third version of the macvtap device driver, following another major restructuring and a lot of bug fixes: * Change macvtap to be based around a struct sock * macvtap: fix initialization * return 0 to netlink * don't use rcu for q->file and q->vlan pointers * macvtap: checkpatch.pl fixes * macvtap: fix tun IFF flags * Use a struct socket to make tx flow control work * disable

This is the third version of the macvtap device driver, following another major restructuring and a lot of bug fixes: * Change macvtap to be based around a struct sock * macvtap: fix initialization * return 0 to netlink * don't use rcu for q->file and q->vlan pointers * macvtap: checkpatch.pl fixes * macvtap: fix tun IFF flags * Use a struct socket to make tx flow control work * disable

I did not get this ready for the merge window, but people asked what the status of this is so I'm posting it now to solicit feedback. The first patch just adds some hooks into macvlan.c and is less invasive than the previous version. That part should be fine and I'd like this to get merged into macvlan for 2.6.33 if people agree that the approach is right. The second patch adds the

I did not get this ready for the merge window, but people asked what the status of this is so I'm posting it now to solicit feedback. The first patch just adds some hooks into macvlan.c and is less invasive than the previous version. That part should be fine and I'd like this to get merged into macvlan for 2.6.33 if people agree that the approach is right. The second patch adds the

I did not get this ready for the merge window, but people asked what the status of this is so I'm posting it now to solicit feedback. The first patch just adds some hooks into macvlan.c and is less invasive than the previous version. That part should be fine and I'd like this to get merged into macvlan for 2.6.33 if people agree that the approach is right. The second patch adds the

As promised, here is my small writeup on which setups I feel are important in the long run for server-type guests. This does not cover -net user, which is really for desktop kinds of applications where you do not want to connect into the guest from another IP address. I can see four separate setups that we may or may not want to support, the main difference being how the forwarding between guests

As promised, here is my small writeup on which setups I feel are important in the long run for server-type guests. This does not cover -net user, which is really for desktop kinds of applications where you do not want to connect into the guest from another IP address. I can see four separate setups that we may or may not want to support, the main difference being how the forwarding between guests

Paul, I also think that bridge may not be the right place for VEPA, but rather a simpler sw/hw mux Although the VEPA support may reside in multiple places (I.e. also in the bridge) As Arnd pointed out Or already added an extension to qemu that allow direct guest virtual NIC mapping to an interface device (vs using tap), this was done specifically to address VEPA, and result in much faster

Paul, I also think that bridge may not be the right place for VEPA, but rather a simpler sw/hw mux Although the VEPA support may reside in multiple places (I.e. also in the bridge) As Arnd pointed out Or already added an extension to qemu that allow direct guest virtual NIC mapping to an interface device (vs using tap), this was done specifically to address VEPA, and result in much faster

Paul, I also think that bridge may not be the right place for VEPA, but rather a simpler sw/hw mux Although the VEPA support may reside in multiple places (I.e. also in the bridge) As Arnd pointed out Or already added an extension to qemu that allow direct guest virtual NIC mapping to an interface device (vs using tap), this was done specifically to address VEPA, and result in much faster

This is based on an earlier patch from Eric Biederman adding forwarding between macvlans. I extended his approach to allow the administrator to choose the mode for each macvlan, and to implement a functional VEPA between macvlan. Still missing from this is support for communication between the lower device that the macvlans are based on. This would be extremely useful but as others have found out

This is based on an earlier patch from Eric Biederman adding forwarding between macvlans. I extended his approach to allow the administrator to choose the mode for each macvlan, and to implement a functional VEPA between macvlan. Still missing from this is support for communication between the lower device that the macvlans are based on. This would be extremely useful but as others have found out

This is based on an earlier patch from Eric Biederman adding forwarding between macvlans. I extended his approach to allow the administrator to choose the mode for each macvlan, and to implement a functional VEPA between macvlan. Still missing from this is support for communication between the lower device that the macvlans are based on. This would be extremely useful but as others have found out

Not many changes this time, just integrated a bug fix and all the coding style feedback from Eric Dumazet and Patrick McHardy. I'll keep the patch for network namespaces on the tx path out of this series for now, because the discussion is still ongoing and it addresses an unrelated issue. --- Version 2 description: The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this

Not many changes this time, just integrated a bug fix and all the coding style feedback from Eric Dumazet and Patrick McHardy. I'll keep the patch for network namespaces on the tx path out of this series for now, because the discussion is still ongoing and it addresses an unrelated issue. --- Version 2 description: The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this

Not many changes this time, just integrated a bug fix and all the coding style feedback from Eric Dumazet and Patrick McHardy. I'll keep the patch for network namespaces on the tx path out of this series for now, because the discussion is still ongoing and it addresses an unrelated issue. --- Version 2 description: The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this

Second version, all feedback so far addressed, thanks for the help and interest! The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this time. Patch 4/4 (the netlink interface) is basically unchanged as well but included for completeness. The other changes have moved forward a bit, to the point where I find them a lot cleaner and am more confident in the code being ready for

Second version, all feedback so far addressed, thanks for the help and interest! The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this time. Patch 4/4 (the netlink interface) is basically unchanged as well but included for completeness. The other changes have moved forward a bit, to the point where I find them a lot cleaner and am more confident in the code being ready for

Second version, all feedback so far addressed, thanks for the help and interest! The patch to iproute2 has not changed, so I'm not including it this time. Patch 4/4 (the netlink interface) is basically unchanged as well but included for completeness. The other changes have moved forward a bit, to the point where I find them a lot cleaner and am more confident in the code being ready for