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Subject: Re: vhost user examples
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:15:32 +0100
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The Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 =E0 17:10:29 (+0000), Xie, Huawei wrote :
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beno=EEt Canet [mailto:benoit.canet-J9ArbTHlV+bR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:00 AM
> > To: Xie, Huawei
> > Cc: Beno=EEt Canet; dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
> > Subject: Re: vhost user examples
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> > The Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 =E0 16:33:19 (+0000), Xie, Huawei wrote :
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Beno=EEt Canet [mailto:benoit.canet-J9ArbTHlV+bR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:11 PM
> > > > To: Xie, Huawei; dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
> > > > Subject: vhost user examples
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Xie,
> > > >
> > > > I would be interested in alpha testing the vhost user patchset.
> > > >
> > > > Is there an up to date example of how to use it ?
> > > >
> > >
> > > vHost has a parameter called base_name. Temporarily you could speci=
fy --
> > base-name as
> > > the unix domain socket path, and set it in the qemu command line as=
 socket
> > path.
> > > recommended qemu command line for memory and vhost configuration:
> > > -m $MEM -object memory-backend-file,id=3Dmem,size=3D${MEM}M,mem-
> > path=3D/mnt/huge,share=3Don -numa node,memdev=3Dmem  -mem-prealloc
> > > -chardev socket,id=3Dchar0,path=3D$sock_path  -netdev type=3Dvhost-
> > user,id=3Dmynet1,chardev=3Dchar0,vhostforce \
> > > -device virtio-net-pci,mac=3D52:54:00:12:34:11,netdev=3Dmynet1
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> > Thanks,
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> > Is the upstream vhost example in master already patched for this ?
> > Or does it still required some patches ?
> Yes, vhost example already supports base_name parameter.
> Previously it is used for name of the vhost character device file.
> You could use it as socket path name.

Thanks a lot

I am looking forward receiving my intel network card and testing
it.

Best regards

Beno=EEt
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> >=20
> > Best regards
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> > Beno=EEt
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> > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Beno=EEt