"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 11:46:23AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: >> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > For small packets we can simplify xmit processing >> > by linearizing buffers with the header: >> > most packets seem to have enough head room >> > we can use for this purpose. >> > Since existing hypervisors require that header >> > is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit >> > for this. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > --- >> > >> > Note: this needs to be applied on top of patch >> > defining VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - bit to be >> > selected by Rusty. >> > >> > The following patch should work for any definition of >> > VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - I used bit 31 for testing. >> > Rusty, could you please pick a valid bit for VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT >> > and squeeze this patch into 3.11? >> >> Sorry, it's too late. >> >> First, I've been a bit lax in sending patches via DaveM, and this is >> definitely his territory (ie. more net than virtio). > > Let's do this: I'll send a patch series, you ack and we see > what happens? If you convince DaveM, I won't object :) >> Secondly, it needs baking and testing time. >> >> Cheers, >> Rusty. > > I did some testing on this. But proper testing just isn't happening out > of tree. But it will get into linux-next for the *next* merge window. Cheers, Rusty. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
