Dor Laor wrote: > push it into the kernel are: > a. We should perform much better > b. It would be a painful task getting all the code review that a > > complicated network interface should get. > c. There's already a PV driver that answers a,b. > The Xen's PV network driver is now pushed into the kernel. >
Actually, it's not (at least not as of a few moments ago). Furthermore, the plan is to completely rearchitect the netback/netfront protocol for the next Xen release (this effort is referred to netchannel2). See some of the XenSummit slides as to why this is necessary. Regards, Anthony Liguori > It is optimized, and support tso. > By adding a generic ops calls we can make enjoy all the above. > > Using Xen's core PV code doesn't imply that we will have their interface > {xenstore} the interface creation and tear-down would be kvm specific. > They could even have a plain directory structure. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel