"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:45:39PM +0800, akong@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> From: Amos Kong <akong@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Currenly mac is programmed byte by byte. This means that we >> have an intermediate step where mac is wrong. >> >> Second patch introduced a new vq control command to set mac >> address in one time. > > As you mention we could alternatively do it without > new commands, simply add a feature bit that says that MACs are > in the mac table. > This would be a much bigger patch, and I'm fine with either way. > Rusty what do you think? Hmm, mac filtering and "my mac address" are not quite the same thing. I don't know if it matters for anyone: does it? The mac address is abused for things like identifying machines, etc. If we keep it as a separate concept, Amos' patch seems to make sense. Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
