On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 04:32:18PM -0700, Shirley Ma wrote: > Hello Michael, > > Looks like to use a new flag requires more time/work. > I am thinking > whether we can just use HIGHDMA flag to enable zero-copy in macvtap to > avoid the new flag for now since mavctap uses real NICs as lower device? > > Thanks > Shirley
Problem is, in your patch there are a set of restrictions on what the device can do with the skb that we need to enforce somehow. Also, how do we know it's a 'real NIC' and not a software device? -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
