On 1/5/2011 12:50 AM, Ryan Stone wrote:
The way that I envision this working is that you'd run something like
ifconfig vix0 create parent ix1 to create a new virtual interface
sharing the same physical interface as ix1. From that point on, vix0
would be a completely different interface from
While it seems interesting in theory, from what Ryan has told me it would
require
massive change to the code base, which I do not think is worthwhile without
significant demand.
This ability could be provided with SRIOV host support, which I would rather
see.
I'm still willing to look at changes
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Ryan Stone ryst...@gmail.com wrote:
At $WORK I've implemented an extension of the ixgbe driver that
provides multiple virtualized ixgbe interfaces. The implementation
uses the 8259[89]'s virtualization features, so the rx and tx paths of
the virtual interfaces
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Brandon Gooch
jamesbrandongo...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be nice to split up the hardware for use with vnet jails. The
virtualization technique you are describing -- it sounds similar to
how network device virtualization is done in the Solaris Project
Crossbow
At $WORK I've implemented an extension of the ixgbe driver that
provides multiple virtualized ixgbe interfaces. The implementation
uses the 8259[89]'s virtualization features, so the rx and tx paths of
the virtual interfaces are completely independent. From the
perspective of everything above
