On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, devi thapa <devi.thapa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I dont know how to put this question, but bear with me. My > query is how to invoke the ioctl request "VHOST_NET_SET_BACKEND" or > how to set the backend, and when ? Look at the QEMU side vhost-net code: http://git.qemu.org/qemu.git/tree/hw/vhost_net.c#n145 Where does the backend fd come from? It's the host network device file descriptor that gets fetched by vhost_net_get_fd(). Currently it must be a tap device file descriptor. Stefan _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization