[libvirt] [PATCH 3/4] virnetdevvportprofile: Changes to support portprofiles for hostdevs

[Gerhard Stenzel]

On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 15:45 -0500, Laine Stump wrote:
> Okay, then in the end these patches will support 802.1Qbh
> <virtualport>
> setting, as well as setting the MAC address (but only for
> SRIOV-capable
> devices). And any future support for 802.1Qbg would require both some
> extra support outside libvirt, as well as specifying the vlanid in the
> config, and requiring the guest to setup VLAN tagging. Did I get it
> right now?
> 
Not sure, we need anything else for Qbg in addition to some changes in
libvirt and vlan tagging in the guest.
But, I think we are converging that the Qbh part looks okay and the Qbg
part can be added later, if necessary.

Best regards, 

Gerhard Stenzel, Hybrid Technologies, LTC
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