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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM |
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Wed, 16 May 2012 10:06:25 +0200 |
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Il 15/05/2012 23:00, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:26:39PM +0100, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>> In the context of PV-on-HVM under Xen, the emulated nics are supposed to be
>> unplug before the guest drivers are initialized. This mean that there must be
>> unplug without the consent of the guest.
>>
>> Without this patch, the guest end up with two nics with the same MAC, the
>> emulated nic and the PV nic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <address@hidden>
>
> OK, so on Xen there are special devices that can be safely removed
> without telling the guest? Does there need to be regular hotplug for
> these devices too? Or can it be always surprise removal?
On Xen the PV drivers can ask the firmware to surprise-remove the
emulated NICs. Of course it has to do it early enough so that the guest
doesn't crash.
Paolo
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1.1 0/4] Xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Anthony PERARD, 2012/05/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] qdev: Introduce qdev_force_unplug., Anthony PERARD, 2012/05/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Anthony PERARD, 2012/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2012/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2012/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Stefano Stabellini, 2012/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2012/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Stefano Stabellini, 2012/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen: Fix PV-on-HVM, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2012/05/16
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/4] Introduce a new hotplug state: Force eject., Anthony PERARD, 2012/05/15