Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 07:56:05AM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote: >> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: <snip> >>> >>> 1. use a dedicated network interface with SRIOV, program mac to match >>> that of guest (for testing, you can set promisc mode, but that is >>> bad for performance) >> >> Are you saying SRIOV is a requirement, and I can either program the >> SRIOV adapter with a mac or use promis? Or are you saying I can use >> SRIOV+programmed mac OR a regular nic + promisc (with a perf penalty). > > SRIOV is not a requirement. And you can also use a dedicated > nic+programmed mac if you are so inclined. Makes sense. Got it. I was going to add guest-to-guest to the test matrix, but I assume that is not supported with vhost unless you have something like a VEPA enabled bridge? <snip> >>> 3. add vhost=ethX >> You mean via "ip link" I assume? > > No, that's a new flag for virtio in qemu: > > -net nic,model=virtio,vhost=veth0 Ah, ok. Even better. Thanks! -Greg
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