Dor Laor wrote: > Furthermore, > >> the plan is to completely rearchitect the netback/netfront protocol for >> the next Xen release (this effort is referred to netchannel2). >> > > But isn't Jeremy Fitzhardinge is pushing big patch queue into the > kernel? >
Yes, but it's not in the kernel yet and there's no guarantee it'll get there in time for KVM's consumption. > If we manage to plant hooks into the netback/front for using net_ops, > they and the code will get into the kernel they will be have to keep the > hooks for netchannel2. > > >> See some of the XenSummit slides as to why this is necessary. >> > > It's looks like generalizing all the level 0,1,2 features plus > performance optimizations. It's not something we couldn't upgrade to. > I'm curious what Rusty thinks as I do not know nearly enough about the networking subsystem to make an educated statement here. Would it be better to just try and generalize netback/netfront or build something from scratch? Could the lguest driver be generalized more easily? Regards, Anthony LIguori >> 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