linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 00/13] drivers: hv: kvp

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Message-ID: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9155EF7F0@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:32:46 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/13] drivers: hv: kvp



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Hering [mailto:olaf@...fle.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:21 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: Greg KH; apw@...onical.com; devel@...uxdriverproject.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] drivers: hv: kvp
> 
> On Mon, Jul 02, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> > While I toyed with your proposal, I feel it just pushes the problem
> > out of the daemon code - we would still need to write distro specific
> > scripts. If this approach is something that everybody is comfortable
> > with, I can take a stab at implementing that.
> 
> Until NetworkManager is feature complete and until every distro is using
> NetworkManager per default the kvp_daemon needs distro specific code to
> get and set network related settings.
> Doing it with an external script will simplify debugging and changes to
> the code.

Fair enough. I will keep my current implementation of the GET operation as is since
it is distro independent. On the SET side, I will implement a script as you have suggested.

Regards,

K. Y

> 
> Olaf
> 
>