Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 11:43 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> New motivation: removing IPv4 and IPv6 from the backend interfaces can >> save up a lot of boiler plate run time code, triggers from ever taking >> place, and simplifying the

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-19 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 11:43 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > New motivation: removing IPv4 and IPv6 from the backend interfaces can > save up a lot of boiler plate run time code, triggers from ever taking > place, and simplifying the backend interaces. If there is no use for > IPv4 and IPv6

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-19 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 11:43 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: New motivation: removing IPv4 and IPv6 from the backend interfaces can save up a lot of boiler plate run time code, triggers from ever taking place, and simplifying the backend interaces. If there is no use for IPv4 and IPv6

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Ian Campbell ian.campb...@citrix.com wrote: On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 11:43 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: New motivation: removing IPv4 and IPv6 from the backend interfaces can save up a lot of boiler plate run time code, triggers from ever taking place, and

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-18 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:27 AM, David Vrabel wrote: > On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" >> >> This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization >> multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the multicast >> issues and instead

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-18 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:27 AM, David Vrabel david.vra...@citrix.com wrote: On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: From: Luis R. Rodriguez mcg...@suse.com This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-17 Thread David Vrabel
On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization > multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the multicast > issues and instead generalizing an approach for virtualization > backends. There

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-17 Thread David Vrabel
On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: From: Luis R. Rodriguez mcg...@suse.com This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the multicast issues and instead generalizing an approach for virtualization backends.

[RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-14 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the multicast issues and instead generalizing an approach for virtualization backends. There are two things in common with virtualization backends:

[RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends

2014-02-14 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: Luis R. Rodriguez mcg...@suse.com This v2 series changes the approach from my original virtualization multicast patch series [0] by abandoning completely the multicast issues and instead generalizing an approach for virtualization backends. There are two things in common with virtualization