linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] staging: hv: Fix GARP not sent after Quick Migration

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:54:54 +0000
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	"Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting PVT LTD)" 
	<v-abkane@...rosoft.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Mike Surcouf <mike@...couf.co.uk>, stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] staging: hv: Fix GARP not sent after Quick Migration

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...e.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:42 AM
> But that's a hypervisor bug, right?  It shouldn't be sending a "connect"
> event on the ethernet device if the network really isn't present.  How
> about getting it fixed there, which will resolve the issues for all
> guest operating systems, not just Linux.
>
> Or, if this is something that the hyperv developers are not going to
> fix, we need to document it in the code itself so that people don't try
> to remove it in a few years as an "optimization".

Fix on the Hyper-V side is not available for now at least. I will add the
comments into code.

Thanks,
- Haiyang

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