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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] fix updating of nic info
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Amos Kong |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] fix updating of nic info |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:31:22 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:15:21AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 09:58:47AM +0200, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 03:02:48PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > > I tried to change macaddr in guest, addr in guest is updated, and guest
> > > network is fine. But the nic information in monitor isn't update. This
> > > problem both exists in e1000 and rtl8139.
> > >
> > > 1) change macaddr in guest by ifconfig
> > > guest)# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 12:12:12:34:35:36
> > > guest)# ifconfig eth0
> > >
> > > 2) check network information in monitor
> > > (qemu) info network
> > >
> > > Amos Kong (2):
> > > net/e1000: update network information when macaddr is changed in guest
> > > net/rtl8139: update network information when macaddr is changed in
> > > guest
> > >
> > > hw/net/e1000.c | 8 ++++++++
> > > hw/net/rtl8139.c | 6 +++++-
> > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Thanks, applied to my net tree:
> > https://github.com/stefanha/qemu/commits/net
> >
> > Stefan
>
> Please revert, this is buggy:
>
> info is changed on guest mac write but is
> not reverted on reset.
>
> Let's fix it properly, no need to introduce
> new regressions when fixing old bugs :)
After 'system_reset' or 'reboot', nic info can't be changed until
device init.
Updating nic info during reset is another issue, I will send patch to
fix it.
> --
> MST
--
Amos.