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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/1 V4] virtio-net: dynamic network offloads con
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Dmitry Fleytman |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/1 V4] virtio-net: dynamic network offloads configuration |
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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:11:18 +0300 |
Spec patch already inside.
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On Apr 20, 2013, at 8:04 PM, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:10:01AM +0300, Dmitry Fleytman wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Any news regarding this patch?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dmitry
>
> Rusty could you comment on the spec change soon please?
> If you pick it up I think we can include the feature in QEMU 1.5.
>
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Dmitry Fleytman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> From: Dmitry Fleytman <address@hidden>
>>
>> This patch implements recently accepted by virtio-spec
>> dynamic offloads configuration feature.
>> See commit message for details.
>>
>> V4 changes:
>> 1. Feature definitions re-used for command bitmask
>> 2. Command data made uint64
>> 3. Commit messsages fixed
>>
>> Reported-by: Rusty Russell address@hidden
>>
>> V3 changes:
>> 1. Compat macro added
>> 2. Feature name beautification
>>
>> V2 changes:
>> 1. _GUEST_ added to command and feature names
>> 2. Live migration logic fixed
>>
>> Reported-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
>>
>> One of recently introduced Windows features (RSC)
>> requires network driver to be able to enable and disable
>> HW LRO offload on the fly without device reinitialization.
>>
>> Current Virtio specification doesn't support this requirement.
>> The solution proposed by following spec patch is to add
>> a new control command for this purpose.
>>
>> The same solution may be used in Linux driver for ethtool interface
>> implementation.
>>
>> --
>> 1.8.1.4
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>>
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