On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:33:31 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h > > index 970d5a2..44a38d6 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h > > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h > > @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ > > #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX 18 /* Control channel RX mode > > support */ > > #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN 19 /* Control channel VLAN > > filtering */ > > #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA 20 /* Extra RX mode control > > support */ > > +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE 21 /* Guest can send gratituous > > packet */ > > > > #define VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP 1 /* Link is up */ > > +#define VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE 2 /* Announcement is needed */ > > I would put this in bit 8 (0x100), this way low status byte > is RO, high byte is RW.
The whole idea of acking by clearing the bit is unreliable, moving to a separate byte just controls the damage. How about you use bits 8-15 as a counter? It's still theoretically unreliable if 256 notifications pass before the guest notices, but it's probably better and clearer than this. I leave the final call to MST though. Thanks, Rusty. -- How could I marry someone with more hair than me? http://baldalex.org _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
