RE: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Dexuan Cui
> -Original Message- > From: Olaf Hering > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 18:59 > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature > > On Tue, Jul 07, Dexuan Cui wrote: > > > OK, removing the line seems better than 'default n'

RE: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Dexuan Cui
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen Hemminger > Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 2:31 > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 07:47:29 -0700 > Dexuan Cui wrote: > > > Hyper-V VM sockets (hvsock

Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 07:47:29 -0700 Dexuan Cui wrote: > Hyper-V VM sockets (hvsock) supplies a byte-stream based communication > mechanism between the host and a guest. It's kind of TCP over VMBus, but > the transportation layer (VMBus) is much simpler than IP. With Hyper-V VM > Sockets, applicati

Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Paul Bolle
On di, 2015-07-07 at 10:20 +, Dexuan Cui wrote: > OK, removing the line seems better than 'default n', though both > reproduce the same "# CONFIG_HYPERV_SOCK is not set". Speaking from memory (so chances are I'm forgetting some silly detail) that is because # CONFIG_FOO is not set will b

Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Olaf Hering
On Tue, Jul 07, Dexuan Cui wrote: > OK, removing the line seems better than 'default n', though both reproduce > the same "# CONFIG_HYPERV_SOCK is not set". Perhaps "default VMBUS" (or whatever syntax is needed) may be the way to enable it conditionally. Olaf -- To unsubscribe from this list: se

RE: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Dexuan Cui
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Bolle > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 17:38 > To: Dexuan Cui > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature > > Just two nits. > > On ma, 2015-07-06 at 07:47 -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote: > > --- /dev/n

RE: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Dexuan Cui
xdriverproject.org; a...@canonical.com; jasow...@redhat.com; KY > Srinivasan; Haiyang Zhang > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature > > On Tue, Jul 07, Paul Bolle wrote: > > > On ma, 2015-07-06 at 07:47 -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote: > >

Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Olaf Hering
On Tue, Jul 07, Paul Bolle wrote: > On ma, 2015-07-06 at 07:47 -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote: > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/net/hv_sock/Kconfig > > > +config HYPERV_SOCK > > + tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V Socket (EXPERIMENTAL)" > > + depends on HYPERV > > + default m > It's a bit odd to advise to s

Re: [PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-07 Thread Paul Bolle
Just two nits. On ma, 2015-07-06 at 07:47 -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote: > --- /dev/null > +++ b/net/hv_sock/Kconfig > +config HYPERV_SOCK > + tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V Socket (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + depends on HYPERV > + default m > + help > + Hyper-V Socket is a socket protocol si

[PATCH 6/7] hvsock: introduce Hyper-V VM Sockets feature

2015-07-06 Thread Dexuan Cui
Hyper-V VM sockets (hvsock) supplies a byte-stream based communication mechanism between the host and a guest. It's kind of TCP over VMBus, but the transportation layer (VMBus) is much simpler than IP. With Hyper-V VM Sockets, applications between the host and a guest can talk with each other direc