Re: [libvirt-users] [Libvir] libvirt & vde_switch

On 04/06/2011 04:00 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 06/04/11, Robert Šmol wrote: >> On 04/06/2011 10:34 AM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >>> The 05/04/11, Robert Šmol wrote: >>> >>>> I would like to ask about status of VDE and libvirt. I found a >>>> thread from >>>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-February/msg00030.html. >>>> >>> AFAIK, vde_switch is still unsupported by libvirt and nobody seems to >>> work on it these days. >>> >>> Most people wanting vde_switch (or open vswitch) enough leave libvirt. >>> >> On #IRC I got point to message: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg32081.html >> >> It seems there is a patch ready. I will test it against 0.9.0. What >> is the procedure to get the patch reviewed and eventually get into >> libvirt? > The patch wasn't merged but the why is a question to the maintainers. I > guess the way it was implemented did not convinced. This is what I > understand from the whole thread, at least. > From the thread it seems the maintainers would like to have a network based on VDE. To me it also looks like better idea (create vde network and then just attach the domain to a network.