> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:54 AM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] drivers: hv: kvp > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 09:01:12AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > This patchset expands the KVP (Key Value Pair) functionality to > > implement the mechanism to GET/SET IP addresses in the guest. This > > functionality is used in Windows Server 2012 to implement VM > > replication functionality. The way IP configuration information > > is managed is distro specific. Based on the feedback I have gotten > > from Olaf, Greg, Steve, Ben and Mairus, I have chosen to seperate > > distro specific code from this patch-set. Most of the GET operation > > can be implemented in a way that is completely distro independent and > > I have implemented that as such and is included in this patch-set. > > Some of the attributes that can only be fetched in a distro > > dependent way as well the mechanism for configuring an interface > > (the SET operation) that is clearly distro specific is to be > > implemented via external scripts that will be invoked via the KVP > > code. We define here the interface to these scripts. > > > > Adding support for IP injection resulted in some changes to the > > protocol between the user level daemon and the kernel driver. > > These changes have been implemented in way that would retain > > compatibility with older daemons. I would like to thank Olaf and > > Greg for pointing out the compatibility issue. > > Due to this being the middle of the merge window, I will not be able to > look at this until after 3.6-rc1 is out. Thanks Greg. In the meantime, I have addressed all the comments that both Olaf and Ben have posted on this patch-set. Since addressing these comments changed some data structures, I think it will be best if you dropped this patch-set. I will post the updated patch-set shortly. Regards, K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
