From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
        Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>, Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>,
        Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
        virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data
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"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> For small packets we can simplify xmit processing
> by linearizing buffers with the header:
> most packets seem to have enough head room
> we can use for this purpose.
> Since existing hypervisors require that header
> is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit
> for this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> Note: this needs to be applied on top of patch
> defining VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - bit to be
> selected by Rusty.
>
> The following patch should work for any definition of
> VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT - I used bit 31 for testing.
> Rusty, could you please pick a valid bit for VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT
> and squeeze this patch into 3.11?

Sorry, it's too late.

First, I've been a bit lax in sending patches via DaveM, and this is
definitely his territory (ie. more net than virtio).

Secondly, it needs baking and testing time.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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