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RE: [Xen-devel] [patch 4/5] xen: netback mac selection

To: "Jody Belka" <lists-xen@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [patch 4/5] xen: netback mac selection
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:47:24 -0000
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> On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 11:11:15PM -0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > Out of interest, why do you care about the backend's 
> address? It doesn't
> > appear on any packets. Does this patch also pass new 
> parameters into the
> > vif-bridge script?
> 
> Because if the netback you're connecting to isn't in dom0, 
> it's nice to
> actually be able to distingush the interfaces one from 
> another, so that
> you know what to do with them *g*

OK, though I guess my preferred way of doing this would be to allow
arbitrary parameters to be passed from the config file into the vif
script e.g. foo=bar baz=bar2

What do you think?

Ian


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