Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network device driver.

2006-05-09 Thread Christian Limpach
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 09:55:33PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Hi Chris: > > Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > +/** Send a packet on a net device to encourage switches to learn the > > + * MAC. We send a fake ARP request. > > + * > > + * @param dev device > > + * @return 0 on success,

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network device driver.

2006-05-09 Thread Christian Limpach
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:01:05PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Christian Limpach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There's at least two reasons why having it in the driver is preferable: > > - synchronizing sending the fake ARP request with when the device is >

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network device driver.

2006-05-09 Thread Christian Limpach
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:26:03PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Christian Limpach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Possibly having to page in the process and switching to it would add > > to the live migration time. More importantly, having to install an > > a