Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] vhost: a kernel-level virtio server

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 12 August 2009, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > If I understand it correctly, you can at least connect a veth pair
> > to a bridge, right? Something like
> > 
> >            veth0 - veth1 - vhost - guest 1 
> > eth0 - br0-|
> >            veth2 - veth3 - vhost - guest 2
> >            
> Heh, you don't need a bridge in this picture:
> 
> guest 1 - vhost - veth0 - veth1 - vhost guest 2

Sure, but the setup I described is the one that I would expect
to see in practice because it gives you external connectivity.

Measuring two guests communicating over a veth pair is
interesting for finding the bottlenecks, but of little
practical relevance.

	Arnd <><
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