On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 00:24 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> This adds support for vhost-net virtio kernel backend.
> 
> This patch is not intended to being merged yet.
> I'm posting it for the benefit of people testing
> the backend.
> 
> Usage instructions:
> vhost currently requires MSI-X support in guest virtio.
> This means guests kernel version should be >= 2.6.31.
> 
> To enable vhost, simply add ",vhost" flag to nic options.
> Example with tap backend:
> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G disk-c.qcow2 \
> -net tap,ifname=msttap0,script=/home/mst/ifup,downscript=no \
>  -net nic,model=virtio,vhost
> 
> Example with raw socket backend:
> ifconfig eth3 promisc
> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G disk-c.qcow2 \
> -net raw,ifname=eth3 \
>  -net nic,model=virtio,vhost

As the vhost is a backend feature, i think the 'vhost' flag should
be added to the -net tap or -net raw option rather than the -net nic
which specifies the guest options.

Thanks
Sridhar


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