Re: [PATCH 2/4] hw/xen: update Xen PV NIC to XenDevice model

[Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/10/2023 16:17, David Woodhouse wrote:
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> > I don't think that's really a valid state for a network frontend. Linux
> > netback just ignores it.
> Must we? I was thinking of making the ->frontend_changed() methods
> optional and allowing backends to just provide ->connect() and
> ->disconnect() methods instead if they wanted to. Because we have three
> identical ->frontend_changed() methods now...
Now maybe... Not sure things will look so common when other backends are 
converted. I'd prefer to maintain fidelity with Linux xen-netback as it 
is generally considered to be the canonical implementation.
  Paul