Xen devel - Nov 2006 - [PATCH] Allow arbitrary values for the vif ''type''.

To allow our backend network driver to support multiple methods of
connecting to a physical network it is useful to be able to use
different values for the ''type'' of the vif in a configuration
file.

Currently only ''ioemu'' is ever specified, and it is treated
specially
by the vif DevController.  The attached patch allows arbitrary types,
to be interpreted by the backend driver (or hotplug script, I suppose,
though that could also be achieved by specifying a different script).
The ''ioemu'' behaviour is maintained.

At the moment the only type I''m using (in addition to
''netfront'' and
''ioemu'') is ''SUNW_mac''.

Would it be useful to contribute a patch to the Linux
''netback'' driver
to have it complain if it sees an unexpected ''type''?






dme.
-- 
David Edmondson, Sun Microsystems, http://www.dme.org

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel