PASST networking with onboard NIC
Hello, Laurent! I have a question about the proper way to use passt networking with a machine's onboard NIC (ie. without specifying a -device). Is there a way to connect -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/passt_1.socket to an onboard nic using -nic ? Thanks! Ben
Re: PASST networking with onboard NIC
>> I have a question about the proper way to use passt networking with a >> machine's onboard >> NIC (ie. without specifying a |-device|). >> Is there a way to connect |-netdev >> stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/ >> tmp/passt_1.socket| to an onboard nic using |-nic| ? > > No, I don't think the -nic option is able to parse the stream backend > parameters (like > "addr.type", "addr.path", ...). I figured that was the case, as I've tried many combinations for those options. I appreciate the confirmation! Ben ____________ From: Laurent Vivier Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2024 11:57 AM To: Lytle, Ben Cc: qemu-discuss@nongnu.org Subject: Re: PASST networking with onboard NIC On 14/11/2024 17:44, Lytle, Ben wrote: > Hello, Laurent! Hi Ben, > > I have a question about the proper way to use passt networking with a > machine's onboard > NIC (ie. without specifying a |-device|). > Is there a way to connect |-netdev > stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/ > tmp/passt_1.socket| to an onboard nic using |-nic| ? No, I don't think the -nic option is able to parse the stream backend parameters (like "addr.type", "addr.path", ...). Thanks, Laurent
Re: PASST networking with onboard NIC
>>> I have a question about the proper way to use passt networking with a >>> machine's onboard >>> NIC (ie. without specifying a |-device|). >>> Is there a way to connect |-netdev >>> stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/ >>> tmp/passt_1.socket| to an onboard nic using |-nic| ? >> >> No, I don't think the -nic option is able to parse the stream backend >> parameters (like >> "addr.type", "addr.path", ...). >> >> I figured that was the case, as I've tried many combinations for those >> options. >> I appreciate the confirmation! > > I think you might be able to work-around the problem by using the legacy > "-net nic" option: > > -netdev > stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/passt_1.socket -net > nic,netdev=net0 Thanks for the suggestion, Thomas. I tried that out, but still no luck. I guess it's not possible to do this in qemu quite yet. Ben
