Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/3] make mac programming for virtio net more robust

2013-01-21 Thread David Miller
From: Amos Kong Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:17:20 +0800 > Currenly mac is programmed byte by byte. This means that we > have an intermediate step where mac is wrong. > > Third patch introduced a new vq control command to set mac > address, it's atomic. > > V2: check return of sending command, de

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/3] make mac programming for virtio net more robust

2013-01-21 Thread Amos Kong
Currenly mac is programmed byte by byte. This means that we have an intermediate step where mac is wrong. Third patch introduced a new vq control command to set mac address, it's atomic. V2: check return of sending command, delay eth_mac_addr() V3: restore software address when fail to set hardw