From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJBes-0005iv-3s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJBep-0005hQ-Bx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58786 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJBeo-0005hL-Lu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:18 -0400 Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au ([203.59.1.150]:61142) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KJBeo-0000HY-EN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:18 -0400 Received: from hendrix (hendrix [192.168.200.99]) by hendrix.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 17FB5AB0D7 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:24:43 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:24:42 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] native vde support Message-Id: <20080717042442.33c1ee41.mle+tools@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: <20080701201131.GA14931@pintsize> References: <20080701201131.GA14931@pintsize> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Luca Bigliardi wrote: > The patch I'm proposing here adds native support to Virtual Distributed > Ethernet using libvdeplug. Yes, yes, yes, please! > Why add native support to VDE? > Nowadays a number of qemu instances already use vde networking, to give > you an idea simply search "qemu vde" on google, or think that vde is the > recommended networking tool for qemu in major distributions as debian or > ubuntu (and maybe others..), so in my opinion native vde networking will > be widely used! I tried a number of different networking options when I first started using qemu and VDE is the one that works best for me. I'd love to see this go in. Cheers, Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." - John Von Neumann (1951)