# Re: \[PATCH net-next v12 0/5\] Enable virtio\_net to act as a standby for a passthru device

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2018-05-29 03:00:30 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/05/11097676
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/05/11097172/t.md

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From: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 09:55:12 -0700

> The main motivation for this patch is to enable cloud service providers
> to provide an accelerated datapath to virtio-net enabled VMs in a 
> transparent manner with no/minimal guest userspace changes. This also
> enables hypervisor controlled live migration to be supported with VMs that
> have direct attached SR-IOV VF devices.
 ...

Series applied, thank you.
```