netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] virtio: allow drivers to validate features

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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:39:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mst@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jasowang@...hat.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] virtio: allow drivers to validate features

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:14:44 +0300

> Some drivers can't support all features in all configurations.  At the
> moment we blindly set FEATURES_OK and later FAILED.  Support this better
> by adding a callback drivers can use to do some early checks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Michael do you want me to take these virtio networking fixes into my
tree directly or are you going to send me a pull request or something
after it all settles down?

Thanks.