netdev - Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit to virtio

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:50:03 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Siwei Liu <loseweigh@...il.com>
Cc:     "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, aaron.f.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu: Introduce
 VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit to virtio_net

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 06:02:01PM -0700, Siwei Liu wrote:
> >> And it's the guest that needs failover support not the VM.
> >
> >
> > Isn't guest and VM synonymous?

Guest is whatever software is running on top of the hypervisor.

The virtual machine is the interface between the two.

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MST