Re: [PATCH qemu-kvm] Add raw(af_packet) network backend to qemu

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On 01/26/2010 02:40 PM, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
This patch adds raw socket backend to qemu and is based on Or Gerlitz's
patch re-factored and ported to the latest qemu-kvm git tree.
It also includes support for vnet_hdr option that enables gso/checksum
offload with raw backend. You can find the linux kernel patch to support
this feature here.
    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/150308

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala<sri@xxxxxxxxxx>

See the previous discussion about the raw backend from Or's original patch. There's no obvious reason why we should have this in addition to a tun/tap backend.

The only use-case I know of is macvlan but macvtap addresses this functionality while not introduce the rather nasty security problems associated with a raw backend.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori
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