On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Sridhar Samudrala wrote: > VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature enables hypervisor to indicate virtio_net > device to act as a standby for another device with the same MAC address. > > Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudr...@intel.com> > Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <coh...@redhat.com> > Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/18
Applied but when do you plan to add documentation as pointed out by Jan and Halil? > --- > content.tex | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex > index be18234..42a0e7e 100644 > --- a/content.tex > +++ b/content.tex > @@ -2525,6 +2525,9 @@ features. > > \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR(23)] Set MAC address through control > channel. > + > +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY(62)] Device may act as a standby for a primary > + device with the same MAC address. > \end{description} > > \subsubsection{Feature bit requirements}\label{sec:Device Types / Network > Device / Feature bits / Feature bit requirements} > @@ -2614,6 +2617,9 @@ level ethernet header length) size with > \field{gso_type} NONE or ECN, and do > so without fragmentation, after VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU has been successfully > negotiated. > > +If the driver negotiates the VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature, the device MAY act > +as a standby device for a primary device with the same MAC address. > + > \drivernormative{\subsubsection}{Device configuration layout}{Device Types / > Network Device / Device configuration layout} > > A driver SHOULD negotiate VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC if the device offers it. > @@ -2636,6 +2642,8 @@ If the driver negotiates VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, it MUST NOT > transmit packets of > size exceeding the value of \field{mtu} (plus low level ethernet header > length) > with \field{gso_type} NONE or ECN. > > +A driver SHOULD negotiate the VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature if the device > offers it. > + > \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Device configuration > layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device configuration layout > / Legacy Interface: Device configuration layout} > \label{sec:Device Types / Block Device / Feature bits / Device configuration > layout / Legacy Interface: Device configuration layout} > When using the legacy interface, transitional devices and drivers > -- > 2.14.4 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org