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Hi Couple of questions around macvtap direct usage: 1) is the document here current? https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html#examplesDirect I have been able to get host to guest network traffic without any special configuration or switch since Fedora 28 when I first started using it. Using <forward mode=vepa> requires switch port mirroring, but just using <forward mode=bridge> doesn't. 2) do any of the language librar...

...ay 14, 2020 at 1:32 PM Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> wrote: > On 5/13/20 12:52 AM, Subhendu Ghosh wrote: > > Hi > > > > Couple of questions around macvtap direct usage: > > > > 1) is the document here current? > > https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html#examplesDirect > > Yes. None of that has changed in any major way in many years. > kernelNewbies documents mactap bridge as VMs can host can all talk to each other without an external bridge External bridge/switch is only needed for VEPA mode with hairpin. https://virt.kernelnewbies.org/MacVTap Perhap...

On 5/13/20 12:52 AM, Subhendu Ghosh wrote: > Hi > > Couple of questions around macvtap direct usage: > > 1) is the document here current? > https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html#examplesDirect Yes. None of that has changed in any major way in many years. > > I have been able to get host to guest network traffic without any > special configuration or switch since Fedora 28 when I first started > using it. Using <forward mode=vepa> requires switch port mirroring, but...