From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Bigliardi Subject: Re: [RFC] import native vde support from qemu Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:55:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20080721005503.GA7922@pintsize> References: <20080720191432.GE21627@pintsize> <4883B548.5060909@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Anthony Liguori Return-path: Received: from bigben2.bytemark.co.uk ([80.68.81.132]:52891 "EHLO bigben2.bytemark.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755961AbYGUAzL (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:55:11 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4883B548.5060909@codemonkey.ws> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 04:59 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Out of curiosity, do you actually use VDE for distributed ethernet or > just as an easy way to configure networking? I use VDE daily even for non virtual-machine purposes like low bandwidth vpns, ipv6 tunnel broker, network experiments (e.g.: wirefilter). > I actually liked the libpcap patch as a good trade-off of > performance/easy of use. I was under the impression that VDE is > actually rather slow. If you want an easy way to configure networking then have pcap support (or slirp) is definitively a better choice. What VDE gives you is flexibility. Thank you for your reply. luca -- Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein http://shammash.homelinux.org/ - http://www.artha.org/ - http://www.yue.it/