[Qemu-devel] qemu and -net tap networking

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@researchut.com>]

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Hi,

I'm using two instances of qemu (0.8.1) at a time.
I'm also using kqemu 1.3.0.pre7

One runs GNU/Hurd and the other runs FreeBSD.

Here are the configs I'm using for both.

Hurd:
rrs@learner:~ $ cat `which hurd-boot`
#!/bin/sh
qemu -M isapc -m
128 -hda /mnt/windows/qemu-debian-gnuhurd.img -hdb /mnt/windows/swap-qemu.img -fda /home/rrs/virtualization/qemu/hurd-floppy -net
nic -net
tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap1,script=/home/rrs/virtualization/qemu/qemu-net-script-hurd.sh -boot
a

FreeBSD:
#!/bin/sh
qemu -hda /home/rrs/virtualization/qemu/qemu-debian-freebsd -m 128 -boot
c -net nic -net
tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap2,script=/home/rrs/virtualization/qemu/qemu-net-script-freeBSD.sh


The scripts just do the work of assigning both of the tap interfaces
separate ip addresses and accordingly sets up ip_forwarding settings.

The problem is that when both are running, the one that boots second cannot
ping its gateway. If I halt the first qemu process and restart the second
qemu process, it works fine.

Is this a known behavior ?

I thought separating them with separate virtual networks would allow me to
run multiple qemu instances with full networking support.


TIA,
Ritesh
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