Bug#568755: please backport the macvtap driver

02-07-2010, 02:37 PM

Package: linux-2.6
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

macvtap allows simpler and more efficient host network configurations
for kvm guests.

http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/60811/

(The patch is not yet upstream but it is expected to be merged as soon
as the next merge window is opened. If you want to wait then the bug can
serve as a reminder.)

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ciao,
Marco

02-07-2010, 05:39 PM

On Feb 07, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:

> macvtap allows simpler and more efficient host network configurations
> for kvm guests.
Wrong URL, the right patches are:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/150419/focus=150661

and they have been merged in net-next-2.6 so maybe they can be pulled
sooner?

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ciao,
Marco

02-09-2010, 03:10 AM

On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 19:39 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Feb 07, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:
>
> > macvtap allows simpler and more efficient host network configurations
> > for kvm guests.
> Wrong URL, the right patches are:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/150419/focus=150661
>
> and they have been merged in net-next-2.6 so maybe they can be pulled
> sooner?

Seems like it's not _quite_ ready:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/150661/focus=151403

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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05-17-2010, 11:55 AM

On Feb 07, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:

> (The patch is not yet upstream but it is expected to be merged as soon
> as the next merge window is opened. If you want to wait then the bug can
> serve as a reminder.)
macvtap has been merged in 2.6.34:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437 fe735b6b5b79e

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ciao,
Marco

05-19-2010, 04:28 AM

On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:55 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Feb 07, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:
>
> > (The patch is not yet upstream but it is expected to be merged as soon
> > as the next merge window is opened. If you want to wait then the bug can
> > serve as a reminder.)
> macvtap has been merged in 2.6.34:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437 fe735b6b5b79e

Done.

Now you owe me a patch for the input/uinput naming thing. :-)

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.