Forgot to mention the versions I run: qemu: 2.8 and 5.2 kernel: 5.4.89 On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 5:44 PM Roman Dodin <dodin.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello qemu users, > I am failing to make a qemu process running inside a docker container to > make use of a macvtap device. > > Here is the diagram of a setup that I have > [image: image.png] > My goal is to make qemu process running inside the container to use > macvtap1 interface that is configured. > > The macvtap1 interface that I have, is using the underlying /dev/tap2 > interface. That I deducted by checking ifindex (2) of macvtap1 interface > > I tried multiple approaches. > 1) to open the device, obtain its fd and pass fd to the qemu: > -device e1000,netdev=p01,mac=9a:d2:fc:3b:d9:71,bus=pci.1,addr=0x2 -netdev > tap,id=p01,fd=3 > > 2) referring to "tap2" in ifname of netdev section: > -netdev tap,id=p01,ifname=tap2 > > None of those approaches worked. By "none of them" worked I mean that I > don't see any packets when I sniff on "macvtap1" interface when I do a ping > from the VM that is launched with qemu. > > I appreciate any pointers or suggestions in further troubleshooting. >
