[RFC PATCH 3/3] virtio_net: make lower netdevs for virtio_bypass hidden

and : location. Changing BACKUP feature to take these configs into account, such that verifying target device for auto-enslavement no longer relies on the MAC address. Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei@oracle.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c

[RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice

be used as the namescope for the kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevs. Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei@oracle.com> --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 12 ++ include/net/net_namespace.h | 2 + net/core/dev.c | 281 ++-- net/core/net_names

[RFC PATCH 1/3] qemu: virtio-bypass should explicitly bind to a passthrough device

:0x3 ... -device vfio-pci,host=02:10.1,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.2,addr=0x3 Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei@oracle.com> --- hw/net/virtio-net.c | 29 - include/hw/pci/pci.h| 3 ++ include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h

[RFC PATCH 0/3] Userspace compatible driver model for virtio_bypass

it persistent across live migration. And so on.. The current patch series is based on Sridhar's v4 patch "Enable virtio to act as a backup for a passthru device", but I can resync anyway to his upcoming version once posted. Si-Wei Liu (1): qemu: virtio-bypass should expli