Updated: October 28, 2024 |
This section describes a configuration for virtio-net vdevs used to establish communication between guests.
To configure virtio-net vdevs in two guests to establish communication between them, guests specify the build_host.xml name option (see Common vdev options in the Virtual Device Reference chapter) to have a peer vdev appear under /dev/qvm/system_name/vdev_name. Here, system_name is the value you gave to the system option and vdev_name is the name of the peer vdev (e.g., /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/virtio-net_0).
system qnx71-x86_64-guest vdev virtio-net mac 56:4d:51:ae:23:0e name curly peer /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/moewhere /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/moe points to Guest 1, and, for Guest 1:
system qnx71-x86_64-guest vdev virtio-net mac 56:4d:51:87:3d:ac name moe peer /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/curlywhere /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/curly points to Guest 0.
/dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/moe /dev/qvm/qnx71-x86_64-guest/curly