Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 6/7] vmxnet3: Drop net_vmxnet3_info.can_receive

[Shmulik Ladkani]

Hi,

On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:19:19 +0300, address@hidden wrote:
> On Wed,  2 Sep 2015 17:14:52 +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> > From: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Commit 6e99c63 ("net/socket: Drop net_socket_can_send") changed the
> > semantics around .can_receive for sockets to now require the device to
> > flush queued pkts when transitioning to a .can_receive=true state. But
> > it's OK to drop incoming packets when the link is not active.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> 
> Tested-by: Shmulik Ladkani <address@hidden>

Ping...

I'm not sure what's the exact policy, but shouldn't
'2734a20 vmxnet3: Drop net_vmxnet3_info.can_receive' go into stable-2.4?

Otherwise, vmxnet3 has no rx connectivity in 2.4 based releases.

See here: 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02233.html

Regards,
Shmulik