[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/3] xenserver: Give tap devices iface-ids.

[Ethan Jackson]

This code is so convoluted it's fairly difficult to understand.

The get_iface_id() function is used to figure out what the iface-id
should be for a given interface based on it's xs_vif_uuid.  Most
interfaces don't have xs_vif_uuids, and therefore won't get iface-ids.
 This patch gives tap devices xs_vif_uuids, and allows the
get_iface_id function to figure out their iface-id so that it's caller
can set it.

This patch did in fact set the iface-id properly when I tested it yesterday.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:46, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 05:15:14PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
>> In some cases XenServer will give a virtual machine a tap device in
>> addition to its usual vif.  These tap devices need iface-ids so
>> that controllers can figure out which vif they are related to.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>
>
> I don't see where this patch sets iface-id.
>