[et-mgmt-tools] Virt-Install options

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 10:30:12AM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> Seale, Mark wrote:
> > Would anyone happen to know if there is a method to specify different
> > NIC models on startup or install of a guest OS?  I know Qemu and KVM are
> > capable of it with the '-net nic,model=', but I wasn't sure if there is
> > a way to do this when using virt-install.  Every OpenBSD VM I make is
> > giving watchdog timeout errors for the NIC (re0)...
> > 
> 
> No there currently is no cmdline switch to specify a nic model. Support
> for specifying a nic model was recently added to libvirt, so it certainly
> is something we could support for virt-install.

We should automatically set the optimal NIC according to the OS type
and variant provided - we don't need to expose this as an explicit
command line arg. Just need someone to say what the optimal NIC for
OpenBSD is ?  Choice of  ne2k, rtl8139, e1000 ... take your pick

Regards,
Daniel
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