On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:49:41 +0200 Marek Kierdelewicz <marek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > >My general idea is to bridge tagged vlan packets from a physical > >interface (intel) to a virtual interface (virtio in qemu) and not > >losing the tags, so the qemu guest can use vconfig and friends to get > >some vlan interfaces. Is this possible and are there any additional > >steps necessary besides the usual bridge configuration? > > I'm using this setup with KVM virtualization (Qemu's successor). It > didn't work with default nic type for guest (realtek I think) as 802.1q > tags were not preserved properly in one of the directions. I don't > remember specifics. Anyway using e1000 driver instead of default fixed > it. Works like a charm. KVM e1000 Vnic doesn't do VLAN offloading at least in my experience. Virtio works fine.
