Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757572AbZLLIlu (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:41:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756498AbZLLIlt (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:41:49 -0500 Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:38121 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755874AbZLLIlt (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:41:49 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:41:12 +0800 From: Herbert Xu To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Patrick McHardy , Stephen Hemminger , "David S. Miller" , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Or Gerlitz , "Fischer, Anna" , Anthony Liguori , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Edge Virtual Bridging Subject: Re: [RFC] macvlan: add tap device backend Message-ID: <20091212084112.GA8948@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1259862720-28432-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <1259862720-28432-3-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1259862720-28432-3-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1058 Lines: 26 On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 06:52:00PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > This is a second prototype of a new interface into the network > stack, to eventually replace tun/tap and the bridge driver > in certain virtual machine setups. The code has changed > significantly, but the goals still remain. The idea looks pretty sound to me. > I'm posting this mainly to solicit feedback. Not sure how > chances for integration into 2.6.33 are, given that the merge > window is opening already. It's way too late for 2.6.33. But the earlier this becomes ready then the earlier it can go into linux-next. Thanks, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/