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

[Jody Belka <lists-xen@xxxxxxxx>]

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*


J

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Jody Belka
knew (at) pimb (dot) org


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