Messages in this thread | | | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:35:31 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC 2/2] xen-netback: disable multicast and use a random hw MAC address |
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote: > I have a test patch that now works that restricts xen-netback from > getting any IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and disables multicast. With this > set in place the xen-frontend still gets IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and > Multicast still works. This was tested under a shared physical > environment, I'll have to test NAT next, and also see if we can enable > this as an option for KVM for their TAP 'backend' interfaces.
Also perhaps a silly question, as I haven't yet looked carefully into the qemu TAP usage / requirement yet, but has anyone considered just having a dma-buf agent for us in userspace ? That'd remove any redundant interfaces and do let qemu do DMA directly.
Luis
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