Thanks Luke.. Ok, so theoretically it should work.
That's useful suggestions. Let me debug virtio-net driver for possible cause. Thanks Anshul Makkar On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Luke Gorrie <l...@snabb.co> wrote: > Hi Anshul, > > On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Anshul Makkar < > anshul.mak...@profitbricks.com> wrote: >> >> >> I have implemented a usermode app that is using vhost-user backend and >> gets direct access to the guest vrings. I am able to receive packets but >> when I post directly to vring and issue kick, packets fails to reach the >> guest. (ifconfig eth0 RX counter is unchanged. tcpdump also doesn't detect >> any packets.) . >> > > Sounds to me like something that should work. > > I'd suggest debug-compiling the virtio-net driver in the guest to see why > it doesn't take the packet. Gets the kick? Processes the used ring? MAC > address is accepted? Etc. That has been the most productive approach for me. > > > >
