Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data

[Rusty Russell]

David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930
>
>> From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> For small packets we can simplify xmit processing
>> by linearizing buffers with the header:
>> most packets seem to have enough head room
>> we can use for this purpose.
>> Since existing hypervisors require that header
>> is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit
>> for this.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I really think this has to wait until the next merge window, sorry.
>
> Please resubmit this when I open net-next back up, thanks.

Oh, assumed it was already open.    Will re-submit then.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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