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| author | Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it> | 2024-07-30 15:55:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> | 2024-09-12 20:18:51 +0200 |
| commit | cccf19f8b568a4edabb16a998a81bc5d4c4c7e01 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c35c958e94ab4893c44fc9f2b4a7b7b77923d58 /Documentation/virt | |
| parent | ab1d5895cf6cdd1df4b6ce0ac8763828e2bf7e62 (diff) | |
user_mode_linux_howto_v2: add VDE vector support in doc
Add a description of the VDE vector transport in user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst.
Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoi <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst | 37 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst index 27942446f406..584000b743f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst @@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ remote UML and other VM instances. +-----------+--------+------------------------------------+------------+ | fd | vector | dependent on fd type | varies | +-----------+--------+------------------------------------+------------+ +| vde | vector | dep. on VDE VPN: Virt.Net Locator | varies | ++-----------+--------+------------------------------------+------------+ | tuntap | legacy | none | ~ 500Mbit | +-----------+--------+------------------------------------+------------+ | daemon | legacy | none | ~ 450Mbit | @@ -573,6 +575,41 @@ https://github.com/NetSys/bess/wiki/Built-In-Modules-and-Ports BESS transport does not require any special privileges. +VDE vector transport +-------------------- + +Virtual Distributed Ethernet (VDE) is a project whose main goal is to provide a +highly flexible support for virtual networking. + +http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/#/tutorials/vdebasics + +Common usages of VDE include fast prototyping and teaching. + +Examples: + + ``vecX:transport=vde,vnl=tap://tap0`` + +use tap0 + + ``vecX:transport=vde,vnl=slirp://`` + +use slirp + + ``vec0:transport=vde,vnl=vde:///tmp/switch`` + +connect to a vde switch + + ``vecX:transport=\"vde,vnl=cmd://ssh remote.host //tmp/sshlirp\"`` + +connect to a remote slirp (instant VPN: convert ssh to VPN, it uses sshlirp) +https://github.com/virtualsquare/sshlirp + + ``vec0:transport=vde,vnl=vxvde://234.0.0.1`` + +connect to a local area cloud (all the UML nodes using the same +multicast address running on hosts in the same multicast domain (LAN) +will be automagically connected together to a virtual LAN. + Configuring Legacy transports ============================= |