Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-Aug-17 17:02 UTC
[PATCH 0/6] virtio/vsock: introduce dgrams, sk_buff, and qdisc
On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 09:42:51AM +0000, Bobby Eshleman wrote:> > The basic question to answer then is this: with a net device qdisc > > etc in the picture, how is this different from virtio net then? > > Why do you still want to use vsock? > > > > When using virtio-net, users looking for inter-VM communication are > required to setup bridges, TAPs, allocate IP addresses or setup DNS, > etc... and then finally when you have a network, you can open a socket > on an IP address and port. This is the configuration that vsock avoids. > For vsock, we just need a CID and a port, but no network configuration.Surely when you mention DNS you are going overboard? vsock doesn't remove the need for DNS as much as it does not support it. -- MST