From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Osier Yang Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm tools: Allow the user to pass a FD to use as a TAP device Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:32:28 +0800 Message-ID: <4EE0D88C.1030107@redhat.com> References: <1323250673-6869-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com> <20111207163847.GB10305@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" , Sasha Levin , mingo@elte.hu, gorcunov@gmail.com, asias.hejun@gmail.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Pekka Enberg Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:31567 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751928Ab1LHPcV (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:32:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2011=E5=B9=B412=E6=9C=8808=E6=97=A5 01:24, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 06:28:12PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Sasha Levin >>> wrote: >>>> This allows users to pass a pre-configured fd to use for the netwo= rk >>>> interface. >>>> >>>> For example: >>>> kvm run -n mode=3Dtap,fd=3D3 3<>/dev/net/tap3 >>>> >>>> Cc: Daniel P. Berrange >>>> Cc: Osier Yang >>>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin >>> >>> Daniel, Osier, I assume this is useful for libvirt? >> >> Yes, this works. > > Applied, thanks! /me late to see the news. :) I'm going to update the codes to support that. Regards, Osier