From 5607db678803994ff40fe5078bca09b418fff987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Berger Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:53:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention direct device support since 0.7.7 in docs In the documentation mention that the direct device support is there since libvirt 0.7.7. A Linux kernel 2.6.34 is required for macvtap to be available as standard device. --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index 9041cc6a50..2d66fdce46 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -741,8 +741,11 @@

Provides direct attachment of the virtual machine's NIC to the given - physial interface of the host. This setup requires the Linux macvtap - driver to be available. One of the modes 'vepa' + physial interface of the host. + Since 0.7.7 (QEMU and KVM only)
+ This setup requires the Linux macvtap + driver to be available. (Since Linux 2.6.34.) + One of the modes 'vepa' ( 'Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator'), 'bridge' or 'private' can be chosen for the operation mode of the macvtap device, 'vepa' -- 2.47.2