From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] vhost: a kernel-level virtio server Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:01 +0200 Message-ID: <200908121452.01802.arnd@arndb.de> References: <20090811212743.GA26309@redhat.com> <20090812120541.GA29158@redhat.com> <4A82B87B.4010208@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , 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" , hpa@zytor.com, Patrick Mullaney To: Gregory Haskins Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A82B87B.4010208@gmail.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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 <>< -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org