Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Add XML config switch to enable/disable vhost-net support

> This patch makes it possible to force whether or not vhost-net is used > with a bit of XML. Adding a <driver> element to the interface XML, eg: > > <interface type="network"> > <model type="virtio"/> > <driver name="vhost"/> > > will force use of vhost-net (if it's not available, the domain will > fail to start). if driver name="qemu", vhost-net will not be used even > if it is available. > > If there is no <driver name='xxx'/> in the config, libvirt will revert > to the pre-existing automatic behavior - use vhost-net if it's > available, and userland backend if vhost-net isn't available. > > Oh, and also - sorry Eric, but I didn't have the brain cells left > tonight to add this new bit to the documentation, and I really want to > get the patch up/in now, so that will have to wait for a followup next > week :-) I'll have to live with that, but come closer to the 0.8.8 release date, watch for the reminders if you haven't followed through :)