[Xen-devel] Re: [patch] netfront: unregister net device at backend_changed() if network_connect() failed

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/11/08 06:01, "Joe Jin" <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Subject: netfront: unregister net device at backend_changed() if
> network_connect() failed
> From: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When network_connect() failed on backend_changed(), need to call
> unregister_netdev() to unregister the device, otherwise at vm maybe create
> a no-mac address net device, the device sometime might confuse user.

If virtual devices are failing to initialise then a confusing no-mac
interface is presumably the least of the user's worries?

 -- Keir



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