Michael Speer wrote:
> Folks:
>
> It has been pointed that when this was submitted that it was submitted
> without
> the proper amount of detail in the initial message about the case. I
> am sending
> out the the proper detail now for your review. Please review by noon
> pacific
> time 4/25/08. If there are no objections, I will leave the case in
> the closed approved
> fast-track state.
>
> Overview
> -----------
>
> The pluggable vnet resources interface allows for the dynamic re-plumbing
> of the I/O portion of the vnet driver while not requiring the re-plumbing
> of the IP stack above the vnet deivce. Hence, the switching between
> virtual
> I/O operation and Hybrid I/O operation of the vnet is handled cleanly and
> smoothly with the upper layers not being aware of the switch in
> operations.
> The Hybrid I/O pluggability of this interfaces offers guest domains
> direct
> access to a portion of a network device plumbed directly under the vnet.
>
> Operation of the interface is rather simple. The client (vnet) registers
> with the providers each of the resources (LDC channels or the Hybrid I/O
> NIU client domain driver). Each provider is a GLDv3 device that provides
> a GLDv3 compliant device interface.
>
> See case directory for even greater detail
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
