Re: [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 08:53:55AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> There are two reasons why I think this backend is important:
>>
>> - As an easy way to provide isolation between guests (private ethernet
>>   port aggregator, PEPA) and external enforcement of network priviledges
>>   (virtual ethernet port aggregator, VEPA) using the macvlan subsystem.
>>   
>
> Can't this all be done with tap and a bridge?

Not with existing kernels, I think.

> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori