Re: [patch 7/9] lguest: the net driver
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2007-05-09 12:02:27
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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2007-05-09 12:02:27
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lkml, netdev
Hi Rusty: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:55:25PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
NO_CSUM because it really doesn't need a checksum. The
LGUEST_NET_F_NOCSUM is only set for local inter-guest networking. If
some guest were to route the packets outside the machine, this would be
an issue, though ("don't do that").While I can see that this is good in keeping things simple, I think it's something that you want to be able to support since the user may wish to setup a guest as a firewall appliance which would involve passing packets from another guest to the outside world.
Indeed, that would be a new feature, and is certainly a consideration for more efficient inter-guest networking. However, I consider that somewhat cheating: it's nice to know that 1500 doesn't suck too hard. Remember, "Features kill puppies!" 8)
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