From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2AE6CA5FA2 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xBAik-00018w-2X; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:44:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xBAig-00018c-FT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:44:34 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xBAie-00027B-2M for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:44:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1790599470; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=0OgzuqfPwIyicbkfEvXHrbloe3jrX5uGmTmtCm9+G84=; b=HApGkbWCm5myOzmmV4lBwrz/AtGMiEzXaTiGrd617lZJEqYSlnYU3pl2eS2/U0P4/IrJAK I9YKzLI9eplsw5Oa/6y9hwhyVltfem1Z22BoJr6SfFs1ntSvVqBoAHpOnj6IgZfapiTAGC P2umy540bIERoONuXfeYUVDs3afvU9g= Received: from mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-582-Vug6NgYNOhCwEqGGVlOVFg-1; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:44:29 -0400 X-MC-Unique: Vug6NgYNOhCwEqGGVlOVFg-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: Vug6NgYNOhCwEqGGVlOVFg_1790599468 Received: from mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF8AD195DB8E; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:44:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.44.22.5]) by mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 855141956095; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:44:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 342A721E6A04; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:44:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Tim Pambor Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Jason Wang , Eric Blake Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/vmnet: Add host address options for vmnet-host In-Reply-To: <20260927-vmnet-host-address-v1-1-6feb74f727c5@gmail.com> (Tim Pambor's message of "Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:04:44 +0200") References: <20260927-vmnet-host-address-v1-1-6feb74f727c5@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:44:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87a4p15yvq.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.17 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: 10 X-Spam_score: 1.0 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.238, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Tim Pambor writes: > When a vmnet-host interface is added to an isolated network via > 'net-uuid', vmnet does not provide DHCP and the host side of the Comma after DHCP? > bridge gets no address, so the host cannot talk to guests on that > network without manually assigning an IP address to the bridge > interface after QEMU has started. > > vmnet provides the vmnet_host_ip_address_key, > vmnet_host_subnet_mask_key and vmnet_host_ipv6_address_key > properties to assign addresses to the host interface in this case. > Expose them as the 'host-ip-address', 'host-subnet-mask' and > 'host-ipv6-address' options of the vmnet-host backend. > > Signed-off-by: Tim Pambor [...] > diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json > index b46af1fdc9..38b43d20ed 100644 > --- a/qapi/net.json > +++ b/qapi/net.json > @@ -795,6 +795,16 @@ > # is allowed only with other interfaces added to this network > # identified by the UUID. Requires at least macOS Big Sur 11.0. > # > +# @host-ip-address: The IPv4 address to set on the host side of the > +# interface. Only applicable when @net-uuid is also specified. > +# Must be specified along with @host-subnet-mask. > +# > +# @host-subnet-mask: The IPv4 subnet mask to set on the host side of > +# the interface. Must be specified along with @host-ip-address. > +# > +# @host-ipv6-address: The IPv6 address to set on the host side of the > +# interface. Only applicable when @net-uuid is also specified. > +# > # Since: 7.1 > ## > { 'struct': 'NetdevVmnetHostOptions', > @@ -803,7 +813,10 @@ > '*end-address': 'str', > '*subnet-mask': 'str', > '*isolated': 'bool', > - '*net-uuid': 'str' }, > + '*net-uuid': 'str', > + '*host-ip-address': 'str', > + '*host-subnet-mask': 'str', > + '*host-ipv6-address': 'str' }, > 'if': 'CONFIG_VMNET' } > > ## QAPI schema Acked-by: Markus Armbruster [...]