Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 20:29 -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
<!-- A macvtap passthrough connection (one guest interface per
dev)
-->
<network>
<name>red-network</name>
<forward layer='link' mode='passthrough' dev='eth10'/>
<interface dev='eth10'/>
<interface dev='eth11'/>
<interface dev='eth12'/>
<interface dev='eth13'/>
<interface dev='eth14'/>
<interface dev='eth15'/>
<interface dev='eth16'/>
<interface dev='eth17'/>
</forward>
</network>
If this example describes a scenario with a SR-IOV card, where eth10 is
the physical function and eth11-eth17 are the virtual functions and
libvirt can attach a VM to any of the VFs, then I would not list eth10
in the interface pool for passthrough devices.
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Best regards,
Gerhard Stenzel,
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