Re: [PATCH 2/3] conf, docs: Add support for dummy network interface

Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/formatdomain.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/ch/ch_monitor.c | 1 + src/conf/domain_conf.c | 10 ++++++++++ src/conf/domain_conf.h | 1 + src/conf/netdev_bandwidth_conf.c | 1 + src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 7 +++++++ src/libxl/libxl_conf.c | 1 + src/libxl/xen_common.c | 1 + src/lxc/lxc_controller.c | 1 + src/lxc/lxc_driver.c | 3 +++ src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 4 +++- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 4 ++++ src/qemu/qemu_domain.c | 1 + src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 3 +++ src/qemu/qemu_interface.c | 2 ++ src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 2 ++ src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 1 + src/vmx/vmx.c | 1 + tools/virsh-domain.c | 1 + 19 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst index adfdd7b7a5ac..ed0d9c19593b 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst @@ -5240,6 +5240,30 @@ which the UDP socket packets will originate from the QEMU host. :since:`Since </devices> ... +Dummy network interface +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +An unconnected network interface sounds pretty pointless, but can show up for +example with VMWare when libvirt does not have any more information to provide. +Two such scenarios are currently known: + +1) network interface exists, but is not connected to any existing network +2) the interface is connected to something known as VMWare Distributed Switch + +The difference between these two is not (yet?) discoverable by libvirt, so at +least the information gathered from the hypervisor is provided in the +element. :since:`Since 8.7.0` + +:: + + ... + <devices> + <interface type='dummy'> + <mac address='52:54:00:22:c9:42'/> + </interface> + </devices> + ...