On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Liang YANG <brinewsor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to set up the virtio-net for the GuestOS on KVM. Following is my steps: > > 1.Compile the kvm-88 and make, make install. > 2.Compile the GuestOS(redhat) with kernel version 2.6.27.45(with > virtio support). The required option are all selected. > o CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y (Virtualization -> PCI driver for > virtio devices) > o CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y (Virtualization -> Virtio balloon driver) > o CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y (Device Drivers -> Block -> Virtio block driver) > o CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y (Device Drivers -> Network device > support -> Virtio network driver) > o CONFIG_VIRTIO=y (automatically selected) > o CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING=y (automatically selected) > 3.Then start up the GuestOS by such command: > x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 /root/redhat.img > -net nic,model=virtio -net tap,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup > 4.Result is this: > * The Guest OS start up. > * But the network not, no eth-X device found. > * lsmod | grep virtio get none module about virtio > > Then why the virtio_net not show up in the GuestOS? Is there any > wrongs on my each steps? or lacking some settings? I have referred the > page http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Virtio, but not found any special > requirement. > > Does anyone have some tips? Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > BestRegards. > YangLiang > _____________________________________________ > Department of Computer Science . > School of Electronics Engineering & Computer Science . > _____________________________________________ > -- BestRegards. YangLiang _____________________________________________ Department of Computer Science . School of Electronics Engineering & Computer Science . _____________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html