Thread (61 messages) 61 messages, 8 authors, 2018-02-28

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

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?

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MST
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