[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Xen-devel] Bug in Linux dom0 netback?


  • To: Joakim Dahlstedt <jda@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:33:07 +0000
  • Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:33:38 -0800
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: Achn3MtTOyJvbQxKRv2tKmJV3hAL1AAAZb+2AAAeKMAAAOkApA==
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Bug in Linux dom0 netback?

On 5/2/08 10:20, "Joakim Dahlstedt" <jda@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> /*
> * We don't support rx-flip path (except old guests who don't
> * grok this feature flag).
> */
> 
> I am a little bit confused by that comment - I think it means we would
> prefer not to use rx-flip but we have to anyhow for guests that don't
> understand the rx-flip-feature. Is that correct? Or does it mean
> something else?

You are exactly correct.

> Is there some sort of plan to long-term completely remove rx-flip from
> netback then?

No, but there are moves to create a new netchannel2 protocol which will be
more extensible, better documented and better able to support new hardware
features like multiple receive queues. Of course it will allow us also to
drop support for rx flip. The likelihood, however, is that we will continue
to support it as a new plug-in datapath in the existing netfront/netback
drivers, and negotiation will be required to use it. So we will basically
continue to support rx-flip as a fallback option for the foreseeable future.

 -- Keir




_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel


 


Rackspace

Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our
servers 24x7x365 and backed by RackSpace's Fanatical Support®.