From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-mm@kvack.org,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
hpa@zytor.com, Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@novell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] vhost: a kernel-level virtio server
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200908121452.01802.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A82B87B.4010208@gmail.com>
On Wednesday 12 August 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> >> Are you saying SRIOV is a requirement, and I can either program the
> >> SRIOV adapter with a mac or use promis? Or are you saying I can use
> >> SRIOV+programmed mac OR a regular nic + promisc (with a perf penalty).
> >
> > SRIOV is not a requirement. And you can also use a dedicated
> > nic+programmed mac if you are so inclined.
>
> Makes sense. Got it.
>
> I was going to add guest-to-guest to the test matrix, but I assume that
> is not supported with vhost unless you have something like a VEPA
> enabled bridge?
>
If I understand it correctly, you can at least connect a veth pair
to a bridge, right? Something like
veth0 - veth1 - vhost - guest 1
eth0 - br0-|
veth2 - veth3 - vhost - guest 2
It's a bit more complicated than it need to be, but should work fine.
Arnd <><
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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-mm@kvack.org,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
hpa@zytor.com, Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@novell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] vhost: a kernel-level virtio server
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200908121452.01802.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A82B87B.4010208@gmail.com>
On Wednesday 12 August 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> >> Are you saying SRIOV is a requirement, and I can either program the
> >> SRIOV adapter with a mac or use promis? Or are you saying I can use
> >> SRIOV+programmed mac OR a regular nic + promisc (with a perf penalty).
> >
> > SRIOV is not a requirement. And you can also use a dedicated
> > nic+programmed mac if you are so inclined.
>
> Makes sense. Got it.
>
> I was going to add guest-to-guest to the test matrix, but I assume that
> is not supported with vhost unless you have something like a VEPA
> enabled bridge?
>
If I understand it correctly, you can at least connect a veth pair
to a bridge, right? Something like
veth0 - veth1 - vhost - guest 1
eth0 - br0-|
veth2 - veth3 - vhost - guest 2
It's a bit more complicated than it need to be, but should work fine.
Arnd <><
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-11 21:27 [PATCHv2 0/2] vhost: a kernel-level virtio server Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-11 21:27 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-11 21:27 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-11 23:49 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-11 23:49 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 7:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 7:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 7:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 11:56 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 12:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 12:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 12:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 12:41 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 12:41 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-08-12 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-12 13:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-12 13:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-12 13:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:51 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 13:51 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 14:02 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 14:02 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 14:02 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 16:13 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 16:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 16:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 16:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 16:13 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-08-12 13:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-12 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-12 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-12 11:56 ` Gregory Haskins
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2009-08-11 21:27 Michael S. Tsirkin
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