netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:41:47 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	ghaskins@...ell.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, agraf@...e.de, pmullaney@...ell.com,
	pmorreale@...ell.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 12:38:46PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>
> Why does a kernel solution not need to know when a packet is transmitted?

Because you can install your own destructor?

I don't know what Greg did, but netback did that nasty page destructor
hack which Jeremy is trying to undo :)

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