Commit cccf19f8 authored by Renzo Davoli's avatar Renzo Davoli Committed by Richard Weinberger
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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: default avatarRenzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRenzo Davoi <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
Acked-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
parent ab1d5895

Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst

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@@ -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

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