[libvirt] [PATCH 3/4] virnetdevvportprofile: Changes to support portprofiles for hostdevs

Stefan Berger stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Mar 2 16:58:06 UTC 2012


On 03/02/2012 11:37 AM, Gerhard Stenzel wrote:
>
> Letting the guest do the association is an option, which should work
> already (even if noone probably tested it yet), but the question is
> really how much control should the host have vs the guest. There are
> definitely scenarios thinkable where the host should do the association.

I think an applicable scenario is where the infrastructure provider 
doesn't really know the guest user and needs to have 'mandatory access 
control' over the configuration of the infrastructure and yet wants to 
use the pass-through mode for better throughput.

    Stefan




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