Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-02-17 Thread Alexander Duyck
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 7:04 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:11:21 -0800, Sridhar Samudrala wrote: >> This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF >> netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration >> of a VM with

Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-02-16 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:11:21 -0800, Sridhar Samudrala wrote: > This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF > netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration > of a VM with a direct attached VF without the need to setup a bond/team > between a VF

[RFC PATCH v3 2/3] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-02-16 Thread Sridhar Samudrala
This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration of a VM with a direct attached VF without the need to setup a bond/team between a VF and virtio net device in the guest. The hypervisor needs to enable