On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:47:01PM +0200, Miguel Duarte de Mora Barroso wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm aware that it is possible to plug pre-created macvtap devices to > libvirt guests - tracked in RFE [0]. > > My interpretation of the wording in [1] and [2] is that it is also > possible to plug pre-created tap devices into libvirt guests - that > would be a requirement to allow kubevirt to run with less capabilities > in the pods that encapsulate the VMs. > > I took a look at the libvirt code ([3] & [4]), and, from my limited > understanding, I got the impression that plugging existing interfaces > via `managed='no' ` is only possible for macvtap interfaces. > > Would you be able to shed some light into this ? Is it possible on > libvirt-5.6.0 to plug pre-created tap devices to libvirt guests ? > > [0] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1723367
This links to the following message, which illustrates how to use pre-create tap and macvtap devices: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-August/msg01256.html Laine: it would be useful to add something like this short guide to the knowledge base docs Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
