Re: [libvirt-users] connecting host and guest vm using a dummy nic

Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 at 9:39 AM From: daggs <daggs(a)gmx.com&gt; To: "Laine Stump" <laine(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] connecting host and guest vm using a dummy nic Greetings Laine, > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 at 1:13 AM > From: "Laine Stump" <laine(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > Cc: daggs <daggs(a)gmx.com&gt; > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] connecting host and guest vm using a dummy nic > > On 05/02/2018 01:28 PM, daggs wrote: > > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at 8:09 PM > >> From: "Laine Stump" <laine(a)redhat.com&gt; > > >> > >> Also, if virtio works, then *definitely* use that instead of e1000 - the > >> performance will be much better and overhead much lower. > >> > >> > > so any network test will do? > > > > > Do you mean to test and see if virtio-net is acceptable for your guest > OS? If the guest OS has the driver for virtio-net, then definitely you > should use it. I've never heard of a case of any of the drivers that > emulate real hardware performing anywhere near as well as virtio-net. > no, I mean test the virtual nic speed, will ipref work? also, in the guest os, the module attached to the virtual nic is virtio-pci, is that expected? _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users