virtio is now used by default, but you can also configure it using hardware config properties on images in glance.
See: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/libvirt-custom-hardware ** Changed in: nova Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702040 Title: Slow network performance since Virtio net drivers are always disabled Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Fix Released Bug description: Right now virtio drivers are commented out which leads to abysmally slow networking. We need a flag of somesort in the kernel json (and probably image as well for whole image booting) saying whether it supports virtio. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/702040/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
