netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: do not disable netfront in dom0

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2012 15:38:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Ian.Campbell@...rix.com
Cc:	marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: do not disable netfront in dom0

From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 20:30:28 +0100

> On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 20:13 +0100, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Marek Marczykowski <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>
>> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 13:45:10 +0200
>> 
>> > Netfront driver can be also useful in dom0, eg when all NICs are assigned to
>> > some domU (aka driver domain). Then using netback in domU and netfront in dom0
>> > is the only way to get network access in dom0.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>
>> 
>> Someone please review this and I can merge it in via the 'net' tree if
>> it looks OK to XEN folks.
> 
> Konrad is "Xen folks" and has acked it already but FWIW:
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>

Ok, but this patch doesn't appply cleanly at all to Linus's
current tree nor my 'net' tree (which are equal right now).
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