Re: [Qemu-devel] bug reports and suggestions

[Oliver Gerlich]

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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 ;) ?

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.

Thanks,
Oliver
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