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Re: [Xen-devel] overwriting config files on re-install, and vif's

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] overwriting config files on re-install, and vif's
From: Murillo Bernardes <mfb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:27:06 -0200
Cc: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wednesday 21 December 2005 04:50, James Harper wrote:
> 17: veth7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
>     link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>
> Are they really necessary? Are they cruft from xen remembering vif's
> created from time gone by, or created automatically?
>
It is automatically created (netback/loopback.c). 

I do not understand well why we need to previously create all this, and not 
use an "as needed" approach.

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Murillo Fernandes Bernardes
IBM Linux Technology Center

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