From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934353Ab0EEAcb (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 May 2010 20:32:31 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:36117 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933687Ab0EEAc3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 May 2010 20:32:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20100504.173236.104064409.davem@davemloft.net> To: pthakkar@vmware.com Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com, sbhatewara@vmware.com Subject: Re: RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20100505001857.GQ8323@vmware.com> References: <20100504230225.GP8323@vmware.com> <20100504170531.1e7122da@nehalam> <20100505001857.GQ8323@vmware.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 23.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Pankaj Thakkar Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 17:18:57 -0700 > The purpose of this email is to introduce the architecture and the > design principles. The overall project involves more than just > changes to vmxnet3 driver and hence we though an overview email > would be better. Once people agree to the design in general we > intend to provide the code changes to the vmxnet3 driver. Stephen's point is that code talks and bullshit walks. Talk about high level designs rarely gets any traction, and often goes nowhere. Give us an example implementation so there is something concrete for us to sink our teeth into.