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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 32/33] Add the Xen virtual network device dri
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Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 32/33] Add the Xen virtual network device driver. |
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Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:35:38 +0100 |
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On 18 Jul 2006, at 11:27, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Hmmm maybe it's me, but something bugs me if a NIC driver is going to
send IP level ARP packets... that just feels very very wrong and is a
blatant layering violation.... shouldn't the ifup/ifconfig scripts just
be fixed instead if this is critical behavior?
Maybe we should be faking this out from our hotplug scripts in the
control VM, although triggering this from user space is probably a bit
of a pain. Regardless, the function can be removed from the driver if
it's too distasteful: it's only a performance 'hack' to get network
traffic more quickly redirected when migrating a VM between physical
hosts. Things won't break horribly if it's removed.
-- Keir
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