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Re: [Xen-devel] HVM Windows - handover from qemu network drivers to PV n

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] HVM Windows - handover from qemu network drivers to PV network drivers
From: David Edmondson <dme@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:23:54 +0100
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On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 07:49:58PM +1000, James Harper wrote:
> If I understand correctly, a HVM domain's network adapter gets a
> tapX device created for it in Dom0 for qemu to talk to, and a vifY.Z
> device for the PV drivers (which probably aren't there) to talk to.
> 
> How can I stop the qemu code creating the virtual Realtek driver?

Set the 'type' of the vif to 'ioemu'.

> What will happen if I try and use PV and Realtek drivers at the same
> time?  Will the Realtek driver just talk to the tapX interface and
> the PV drivers to the vifY.Z interface, and there will be no
> problems?

They should be connected up that way, yes. Though, perhaps they will
end up with the same MAC address, which will cause other oddities.

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