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Re: [Xen-devel] [1/3] [XEN] gnttab: Add new op unmap_and_replace

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [1/3] [XEN] gnttab: Add new op unmap_and_replace
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:17:34 +0100
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On 4/6/07 15:12, "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd rather name the things what they are.  Name the ethernet interface
> eth0, name the bridge xenbr0 or virtbr0 or just br0.  Drop peth0.  The
> only reason for the renaming was to trick the distro setup scripts by
> doing "ifdown eth0; bridge-setup (with eth0 -> peth0 and veth0 -> eth0);
> ifup eth0".

That trick still applies though, right? Just with xenbr0->eth0. The decision
to use or not use this trick seems orthogonal to whether or not we have the
veth0/vif0.0 loopback.

 -- Keir


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