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1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [71035]
a. Name of Feature: [6.2 FEAT] virt-manager: Enable 'passthru' mode for direct interfaces
b. Feature Description
Support 'passthru' mode with macvlan/macvtap to enable assigning SR-IOV VFs to a KVM guest via
macvtap/virtio. In order to use this feature via virsh utility, we need to add support for
a new mode 'passthru' to the domain XML format.
<interface type='direct'>
<mac address='54:52:20:74:60:01'/>
<source dev='eth10' mode='passthru'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC
Architectures: x86_64,
Arch Specificity: ---
Affects Kernel Modules: No
Delivery Mechanism: Backport
Category: other
Request Type: Package - Feature from IBM
d. Upstream Acceptance: Not Started
Sponsor Priority P3
f. Severity: high
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: IBM code
g. Component Version Target: ---
3. Business Case
This feature is required to leverage SR-IOV NICs that support multiple Virtual Functions to be
assigned to a KVM guest while supporting live migration. Direct assigment of VFs to a guest don't
allow live migration and memory overcommit.
4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis, jjarvis
5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Stephanie A. Glass, sglass.com
Technical contact(s):
Gerhard Stenzel, gerhard.stenzel.com
Comment 2RHEL Program Management
2011-04-05 19:23:45 UTC
Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Created attachment 499555[details]
support to select the mode for direct interfaces
------- Comment (attachment only) From gerhard.stenzel.com 2011-05-18 04:52 EDT-------
Created attachment 499556[details]
support for passthrough mode for direct interfaces
------- Comment (attachment only) From gerhard.stenzel.com 2011-05-18 04:52 EDT-------
Rather than track this separately, just merging this with the existing direct interface virt-manager request
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 693875 ***
1. Feature Overview: Feature Id: [71035] a. Name of Feature: [6.2 FEAT] virt-manager: Enable 'passthru' mode for direct interfaces b. Feature Description Support 'passthru' mode with macvlan/macvtap to enable assigning SR-IOV VFs to a KVM guest via macvtap/virtio. In order to use this feature via virsh utility, we need to add support for a new mode 'passthru' to the domain XML format. <interface type='direct'> <mac address='54:52:20:74:60:01'/> <source dev='eth10' mode='passthru'/> <model type='virtio'/> 2. Feature Details: Sponsor: LTC Architectures: x86_64, Arch Specificity: --- Affects Kernel Modules: No Delivery Mechanism: Backport Category: other Request Type: Package - Feature from IBM d. Upstream Acceptance: Not Started Sponsor Priority P3 f. Severity: high IBM Confidential: No Code Contribution: IBM code g. Component Version Target: --- 3. Business Case This feature is required to leverage SR-IOV NICs that support multiple Virtual Functions to be assigned to a KVM guest while supporting live migration. Direct assigment of VFs to a guest don't allow live migration and memory overcommit. 4. Primary contact at Red Hat: John Jarvis, jjarvis 5. Primary contacts at Partner: Project Management Contact: Stephanie A. Glass, sglass.com Technical contact(s): Gerhard Stenzel, gerhard.stenzel.com