Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] Enable virtio_net to act as a backup for a passthru device
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2018-02-27 21:30:12
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2018-02-27 21:30:12
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 09:49:59AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
Now the question is: is it possible to merge the demands you have and the generic needs I described into a single solution? From what I see, that would be quite hard/impossible. So at the end, I think that we have to end-up with 2 solutions: 1) virtio_net, netvsc in-driver bonding - very limited, stupid, 0config solution that works for all (no matter what OS you use in VM) 2) team/bond solution with assistance of preferably userspace daemon getting info from baremetal. This is not 0config, but minimal config - user just have to define this "magic bonding" should be on. This covers all possible usecases, including multiple VFs, RDMA, etc. Thoughts?
I think I agree. This RFC is trying to do 1 above. Looks like we now all agree 1 and 2 are not exclusive, both have place in the kernel. Is that right? -- MST