Re: Bridging with WLAN interface

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 11:29:45AM +1000, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 06:47:26PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > There's an easier way: just assign the IP address to the xvif
> > interface, no need to use a bridge an a tap.
> 
> This reminds me of something that has bugged me for a long time.
> 
> When starting a HVM domU, with one NIC configured for bridge mode,
> I get both a tap and an xvif interface created in the dom0.
> 
> AFAICT, the xvif is unnecessary and unused; if this is the case,
> can we stop its creation?

Not easily; in fact you can have HVM domUs which uses PV drivers
for network and disk I/O.

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