Re: xvif(4) and kernel.org domU

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 05:00:55AM +0000, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When you boot a kernel.org 2.6.25.9 x86_32p domU
> on a NetBSD/amd64 dom0, you get this lovely message:
> 
> net eth0: backend does not support copying receive path
> 
> This is why eth0 then shows up with a null MAC address
> and doesn't work.
> 
> Anyway, our network backend driver can only do "flipping".
> The kernel.org network frontend can only handle "copying".

Do you know what the difference is between "flipping" and "copying" ?

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