Re: [libvirt-users] nested vms and nested macvtaps

Thanks again very much sir Will definitely try this path and report back On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On 11.07.2016 17:46, jsl6uy js16uy wrote: > > Thanks much sir > > Ease I think mainly > > adding a macvtap is pretty quick, performant and works. And last but > > definitely not least, ignorance of other quick easy solutions. > > Well, also macvtap works on older hardware where I don't have physical > > functions to passthrough via sr-iov, that is what you are pointing to > with > > "macvtaps in the most outer one VM and pass them thru to inner layer > > VMs"? > > Currently I can use macvtaps with an old HP xw8600 desktop with the > > integrated broadcoms > > > > yeah ease/hardware/ignorance > > I'll be using terminology as defined here: > > http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Nested_Virtualization_in_Xen#Introduction > > What I meant is to have macvtaps for your L0 guest, which are then > visible as regular interfaces in in. These interfaces could be then > passed thru to your L1 guest. There's no need for SRI-OV, no need for > bleeding edge HW, nothing. It's all done in software. > > Michal >