Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-06-04 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:56:41 +0800 Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/25/2012 08:53 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > > On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:01:37 +0100 > > Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > > >> I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing > >> that to users who might have QEMU buri

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-06-04 Thread Markus Armbruster
Anthony Liguori writes: > On 05/29/2012 04:14 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Luiz Capitulino writes: >> >>> On Mon, 28 May 2012 12:17:04 +0100 >>> Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >>> What we need to decide is whether it's okay to drop QEMU "VLANs" completely and change dump command-line synta

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-06-03 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/25/2012 08:53 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:01:37 +0100 Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing that to users who might have QEMU buried in scripts somewhere. One day they upgrade packages and suddenly their stuff

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-06-03 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/29/2012 04:14 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote: Luiz Capitulino writes: On Mon, 28 May 2012 12:17:04 +0100 Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: What we need to decide is whether it's okay to drop QEMU "VLANs" completely and change dump command-line syntax? I'd vote for dropping it. I think vlan-hub

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-29 Thread Markus Armbruster
Luiz Capitulino writes: > On Mon, 28 May 2012 12:17:04 +0100 > Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > >> What we need to decide is whether it's okay to drop QEMU "VLANs" >> completely and change dump command-line syntax? > > I'd vote for dropping it. > >> I think vlan-hub doesn't hurt anyone because the code

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-28 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Mon, 28 May 2012 12:17:04 +0100 Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > What we need to decide is whether it's okay to drop QEMU "VLANs" > completely and change dump command-line syntax? I'd vote for dropping it. > I think vlan-hub doesn't hurt anyone because the code has been isolated > and we keep backwa

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-28 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:56:28AM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:47:28 +0200 > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > Il 25/05/2012 15:43, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > >> Yeah, VDE probably includes something like an hub. But then we could > > >> drop even "-net socket", "-net ud

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:47:28 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 25/05/2012 15:43, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > >> Yeah, VDE probably includes something like an hub. But then we could > >> drop even "-net socket", "-net udp", "-net dump", and only leave in > >> vde+tap+slirp. Or even move slirp in

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 25/05/2012 15:43, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: >> Yeah, VDE probably includes something like an hub. But then we could >> drop even "-net socket", "-net udp", "-net dump", and only leave in >> vde+tap+slirp. Or even move slirp into VDE. :) That's a very different >> thing. > > Let's start wit

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:37:15 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 25/05/2012 15:30, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:28 +0200 > > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > >> Il 25/05/2012 15:18, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > > > Still not sure what you mean... > >>> I meant it's

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 25/05/2012 15:30, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:28 +0200 > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >> Il 25/05/2012 15:18, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > Still not sure what you mean... >>> I meant it's a similar case. kqemu was a special case and maintenance >>> burden. >>>

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:28 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 25/05/2012 15:18, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > >> > > >> > Still not sure what you mean... > > I meant it's a similar case. kqemu was a special case and maintenance > > burden. > > We've dropped it and didn't regret. What's stopping

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 25/05/2012 15:18, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: >> > >> > Still not sure what you mean... > I meant it's a similar case. kqemu was a special case and maintenance burden. > We've dropped it and didn't regret. What's stopping us from doing the same > thing with vlans? That we have an alternative,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:14:39 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 25/05/2012 15:07, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:25 +0200 > > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > >> Il 25/05/2012 14:53, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > > I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 25/05/2012 15:07, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:25 +0200 > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >> Il 25/05/2012 14:53, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing > that to users who might have QEMU buried in scripts

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:25 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 25/05/2012 14:53, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: > >> > I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing > >> > that to users who might have QEMU buried in scripts somewhere. One > >> > day they upgrade packages and

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 25/05/2012 14:53, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto: >> > I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing >> > that to users who might have QEMU buried in scripts somewhere. One >> > day they upgrade packages and suddenly their stuff doesn't work >> > anymore. > This is very sim

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:01:37 +0100 Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > I agree it would be nice to drop entirely but I don't feel happy doing > that to users who might have QEMU buried in scripts somewhere. One > day they upgrade packages and suddenly their stuff doesn't work > anymore. This is very simil

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 08:47:18 +0800 Zhi Yong Wu wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Luiz Capitulino > wrote: > > On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 > > zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> From: Zhi Yong Wu > >> > >> The patchset implements network hub stead of vlan. The main work was don

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Markus Armbruster
Stefan Hajnoczi writes: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Stefan Hajnoczi writes: >> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:53:21PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote: On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Zhi Yong Wu >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Stefan Hajnoczi writes: > >> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:53:21PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote: >>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 >>> zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> > From: Zhi Yong Wu >>> > >>> > The patchset implements networ

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Markus Armbruster
Stefan Hajnoczi writes: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:53:21PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote: >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 >> zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > From: Zhi Yong Wu >> > >> > The patchset implements network hub stead of vlan. The main work was done >> > by stefan, and i r

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-25 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:53:21PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 > zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: > > > From: Zhi Yong Wu > > > > The patchset implements network hub stead of vlan. The main work was done > > by stefan, and i rebased it to latest QEMU upstream,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-24 Thread Zhi Yong Wu
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 > zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: > >> From: Zhi Yong Wu >> >> The patchset implements network hub stead of vlan. The main work was done by >> stefan, and i rebased it to latest QEMU upstream, did some testi

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] net: hub-based networking

2012-05-24 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:59:06 +0800 zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Zhi Yong Wu > > The patchset implements network hub stead of vlan. The main work was done by > stefan, and i rebased it to latest QEMU upstream, did some testings and am > responsible for pushing it to QEMU upstream. Hones