kvmtool: Add minimal support for macvtap
In order to be useable by kvmtool, a macvtap interface requires some minimal configuration (basically setting up the offload bits). This requires skipping some of the low level TUN/TAP setup. To avoid adding yet another option, we extend the 'tapif' option to detect the use of a file (such as /dev/tap23). Assuming you've run the following as root: # ip link add link eth0 name kvmtap0 type macvtap mode bridge # chgrp kvm /dev/tap$(< /sys/class/net/kvmtap0/ifindex) # chmod g+rw /dev/tap$(< /sys/class/net/kvmtap0/ifindex) it is fairly easy to have a script that does the following: #!/bin/sh addr=$(< /sys/class/net/kvmtap0/address) tap=/dev/tap$(< /sys/class/net/kvmtap0/ifindex) kvmtool/lkvm run --console virtio \ -k /boot/zImage \ -p "console=hvc0 earlyprintk" \ -n trans=mmio,mode=tap,tapif=$tap,guest_mac=$addr and you now have your VM running, directly attached to the network. This patch also removes the TUNSETNOCSUM ioctl that has declared obsolete for quite some time now... Signed-off-by:Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by:
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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