On 10 Dec 2007, at 21:24, Bernd Schemmer wrote: > >>vif= ['bridge=skge0,mac=00:a:b:c:d:e,script=vif-dedicated'] > > Interessting option - is it already documented? I did not read > about this feature until now.
It's not documented anywhere. Much of these internal workings are not documented anywhere other than the implementation (and sometimes not even there). > Does it also work for para-virtualized DomUs? If the device in question has a GLDv3 driver, then yes (but see 6592059, which means that it doesn't work for wireless NICs). For Christian, it won't work for a PV guest (or HVM with PV drivers), because his NICs are either wireless (wpi) or use a DLPI driver (skge). HVM domains access the NIC (or VNIC) using libdlpi whereas PV domains have a layered kernel driver (xnbo), which leads to this inconsistency. > If I understand this correct, the network adapter used for the DomU > (skge0 in the example) is than in exclusive use by the DomU. If > this is the case it's not necessary that the driver for the network > adapter supports more than one mac address. And therefor, at least > in theory, this should work with wifi adapter using GLDv3 driver > also ? In principle, yes. See above. Note that 6592059 is currently low priority. If fixing this would help someone out we can do it relatively easily - the changes are understood. dme. _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
