Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] public/io/netif.h: document a mechanism to advertise carrier state

2019-12-13 Thread Durrant, Paul
> -Original Message- > From: Jürgen Groß > Sent: 13 December 2019 14:17 > To: Durrant, Paul ; xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > Subject: Re: [PATCH] public/io/netif.h: document a mechanism to advertise > carrier state > > On 13.12.19 14:03, Paul Durrant wrote:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] public/io/netif.h: document a mechanism to advertise carrier state

2019-12-13 Thread Jürgen Groß
On 13.12.19 14:03, Paul Durrant wrote: This patch adds a specification for a 'carrier' node in xenstore to allow a backend to notify a frontend of it's virtual carrier/link state. E.g. a backend that is unable to forward packets from the guest because it is not attached to a bridge may wish to

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] public/io/netif.h: document a mechanism to advertise carrier state

2019-12-13 Thread Paul Durrant
This patch adds a specification for a 'carrier' node in xenstore to allow a backend to notify a frontend of it's virtual carrier/link state. E.g. a backend that is unable to forward packets from the guest because it is not attached to a bridge may wish to advertise 'no carrier'. NOTE: This is