Signed-off-by: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> --- docs/drvbhyve.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/drvbhyve.rst b/docs/drvbhyve.rst index c0f4cd8a1f..7cf5fc9efb 100644 --- a/docs/drvbhyve.rst +++ b/docs/drvbhyve.rst @@ -694,6 +694,30 @@ Users must configure the device for passthrough manually either by using ``devctl(8)`` or by setting ``pptdevs`` in ``loader.conf(5)``. Please refer to the ``vmm(4)`` manual page for more details. +SLIRP networking +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +:since:`Since 11.11.0`, it is possible to use SLIRP networking. + +Example: + +:: + + ... + <interface type='user'> + <model type='e1000'/> + </interface> + ... + +Then the guest will have external network connectivity without +any configuration on the host. + +.. note:: + This configuration requires SLIRP open mode support by ``bhyve``. + It was introduced in FreeBSD -CURRENT in this commit: + https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=0e62ebd20172f67283bac9526c2aaeaffeb4.... + Unfortunately, there is no (easy) way to probe its support in libvirt, + so please consult the ``bhyve(8)`` manual page to make sure it is available. + Guest-specific considerations ----------------------------- -- 2.51.2