On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 01:12:50AM +0200, Oliver Gerlich wrote: > Don Kitchen schrieb: > > Next, it seems the *one* thing QEMU lacks that you-know-who does correctly > > is networking, specifically bridged mode. I know about creating a tap device > > and sticking it into a bridge (really hasn't worked for me, but that's the > > subject for a different day.) I realize that it's a complicated issue > > requiring kernel modules, etc, and exponentially more complicated with > > cross platform, but I wonder if anyone has considered trying to tie into > > the vmware-player's kernel modules and use them? There has to be some sort > > of de-facto API for interaction between the modules and the player. Too > > rife with IP problems? > > Someone wrote a kernel module some months ago which exposes some special > kernel function via /proc ... IIUC this was intended to allow easier > networking... Does anyone know more about it (or did anyone understand > my confusing description ;) ?
I'm the author. It is called vde-inject, and it requires vdeqemu to work atm (though adding native support in qemu itself is trivial). Currently I'm working on a version that doesn't require a kernel module to do this - it will have the limitation of only supporting tcp/ip packets when talking between host/guest. > > Another interesting thing concerning networking: I use a little script > to set up a bridge between eth0 and tap0; but I have give the new bridge > interface (eg. br0) an IP address and such stuff, because eth0 doesn't > work. This is with Linux 2.6, but I read that with Linux 2.4 it was not > necessary to configure br0, as eth0 would still be accessible. Does > anyone know why this changed? I think it would be much easier if an > interface used in a bridge was still usable. eth0 is still usable. It is just slightly cleaner to use br0 directly. > > Thanks, > Oliver > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEW9vwTFOM6DcNJ6cRApc8AJ9qYCEBHJqu/TsWilH5ztnx+PF8wACffVTp > 2AbeG8IcGxMz3lO1BUeZ3gY= > =a4mn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel