<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Thanks Matthias for the explanation, I was working on the project which required libvirt to control/set networking on a given ESX host. I may need <div>> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 22:45:26 +0200 > Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v5] ESX: Add routines to interface driver > From: matthias.bolte@googlemail.com > To: ata.husain@hotmail.com > CC: libvir-list@redhat.com > > 2012/8/5 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@googlemail.com>: > > 2012/8/2 Ata E Husain Bohra <ata.husain@hotmail.com>: > >> Add following routines to esx_interface_driver: > >> esxNumOfInterfaces, > >> esxNumOfDefinedInterfaces, > >> esxListInterfaces, > >> esxListDefinedInterfaces, > >> esxInterfaceLookupByMACString, > >> esxInterfaceGetXMLDesc, > >> esxInterfaceUndefine, > >> esxInterfaceCreate, > >> esxInterfaceDestroy > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Ata E Husain Bohra <ata.husain@hotmail.com> > > > > Okay, I finally had time to take a detailed look at the interface > > driver and the related network driver and your proposed implementation > > for the interface driver. > > > > I think listing HostVirtualNics in the interface driver is not the > > correct mapping between vSphere API and libvirt. Also listing > > HostVirtualNics as bridges is not correct because a HostVirtualNic is > > not a bridge. A HostVirtualSwitch can be seen as a kind of bridge, but > > a HostVirtualSwitch is more like a virtual network in libvirt terms. > > > > In terms of libvirt the interface driver is about physical NICs that > > can be used to connect a libvirt virtual network to the physical > > network. Therefore, the interface driver should just list the > > PhysicalNics, but not the HostVirtualNics. I think there is currently > > no place in the libvirt API to map the HostVirtualNics to. Also I > > don't think that it is important to make the HostVirtualNics available > > via libvirt API. I might be wrong here, but mapping them via libvirt > > interface driver is still wrong in my opinion. > > > > Regarding the network driver, I think a libvirt virtual network is > > best represented by a HostVirtualSwitch and the HostPortGroups are > > mapped to the portgroups of a libvirt virtual switch. > > > > I'm sorry that I let you wait for quite a while now until I came to > > this understanding that is contrary to your proposed interface driver. > > I missed to mention that I proposed an implementation for the > interface and network drivers according to the described mapping: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-August/msg00307.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-August/msg00308.html > > -- > Matthias Bolte > http://photron.blogspot.com </div> </div></body> </html>