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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 ============================= |