netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] virtio-net: Add initial MTU advice feature

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	aconole@...hat.com
Cc:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] virtio-net: Add initial MTU advice feature

From: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  3 Jun 2016 16:57:12 -0400

> This commit adds the feature bit and associated mtu device entry for the
> virtio network device.  When a virtio device comes up, it checks the
> feature bit for the VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature.  If such feature bit is
> enabled, the driver will read the advised MTU and use it as the initial
> value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.