From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
To: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [libvirt] Setting devid for emulated NICs (Xen 4.3.1 / libvirt 1.2.0) using libxl driver
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:22:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1387538524.17289.64.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52B42459.3080609@canonical.com>
On Fri, 2013-12-20 at 12:04 +0100, Stefan Bader wrote:
> config specifies no model or model == netfront:
> - nic->model unset, nic->type = NIC_TYPE_VIF
> config specifies any other mode:
> - nic->model = <name>, nic-type = NIC_TYPE_VIF_IOEMU
>
> In libxl__device_nic_setdefault:
> - nic->model unset -> nic->model = "rtl8139"
> - For HWM domain
> - nic->type unset -> nic-type = NIC_TYPE_VIF_IOEMU
OK, I think this is all working as intended.
> I am only "complaining" about the case of having no NIC model set in the libvirt
> configuration. This sets NIC_TYPE_VIF but leaves nic->model unset.
> libxl sets the nic->model later but that has no effect because the type is set
> to VIF only.
Correct, the setting of nic->model here is irrelevant since that field
is ignored if the type is not VIF+IOEMU.
> And the default used to be VIF+IOEMU with rtl8139 as model.
Right, this sounds like a libvirt level issue then.
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-20 11:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-17 16:34 Setting devid for emulated NICs (Xen 4.3.1 / libvirt 1.2.0) using libxl driver Stefan Bader
2013-12-17 16:58 ` Ian Campbell
2013-12-17 17:32 ` Stefan Bader
[not found] ` <52B08AA9.8010809@canonical.com>
2013-12-18 12:27 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1387369646.27441.129.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
2013-12-18 13:12 ` [libvirt] " Stefan Bader
[not found] ` <52B19F4E.8010601@canonical.com>
2013-12-18 13:28 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1387373284.28680.18.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
2013-12-18 13:57 ` Stefan Bader
2013-12-18 14:59 ` Stefan Bader
[not found] ` <52B1B842.4090306@canonical.com>
2013-12-19 0:44 ` Jim Fehlig
2013-12-19 10:19 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1387448340.9925.30.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
2013-12-19 17:06 ` Stefan Bader
[not found] ` <52B3278D.3000607@canonical.com>
2013-12-19 17:57 ` Ian Campbell
2013-12-19 18:39 ` Jim Fehlig
[not found] ` <52B33D6C.6010608@suse.com>
2013-12-20 10:11 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1387534262.17289.34.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
2013-12-20 10:29 ` Stefan Bader
2013-12-20 10:36 ` Ian Campbell
2013-12-20 11:04 ` Stefan Bader
2013-12-20 11:22 ` Ian Campbell [this message]
2014-01-06 21:31 ` Jim Fehlig
2013-12-24 6:22 ` Jim Fehlig
[not found] ` <52B92832.1030705@suse.com>
2014-01-06 21:26 ` Jim Fehlig
[not found] ` <1387475839.17289.20.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
2013-12-20 10:16 ` Stefan Bader
[not found] ` <52B41906.7010506@canonical.com>
2013-12-20 10:37 ` Ian Campbell
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