qemu-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] Add vmnet.framework based network backend


From: Vladislav Yaroshchuk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] Add vmnet.framework based network backend
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 13:30:41 +0300


пт, 7 янв. 2022 г. в 08:03, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>:

在 2022/1/6 下午12:18, Jason Wang 写道:
>
> 在 2021/12/11 下午6:44, Vladislav Yaroshchuk 写道:
>> macOS provides networking API for VMs called 'vmnet.framework':
>> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vmnet
>>
>> We can provide its support as the new QEMU network backends which
>> represent three different vmnet.framework interface usage modes:
>>
>>    * `vmnet-shared`:
>>      allows the guest to communicate with other guests in shared mode
>> and
>>      also with external network (Internet) via NAT. Has (macOS-provided)
>>      DHCP server; subnet mask and IP range can be configured;
>>
>>    * `vmnet-host`:
>>      allows the guest to communicate with other guests in host mode.
>>      By default has enabled DHCP as `vmnet-shared`, but providing
>>      network unique id (uuid) can make `vmnet-host` interfaces isolated
>>      from each other and also disables DHCP.
>>
>>    * `vmnet-bridged`:
>>      bridges the guest with a physical network interface.
>>
>> This backends cannot work on macOS Catalina 10.15 cause we use
>> vmnet.framework API provided only with macOS 11 and newer. Seems
>> that it is not a problem, because QEMU guarantees to work on two most
>> recent versions of macOS which now are Big Sur (11) and Monterey (12).
>>
>> Also, we have one inconvenient restriction: vmnet.framework interfaces
>> can create only privileged user:
>> `$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -nic vmnet-shared`
>>
>> Attempt of `vmnet-*` netdev creation being unprivileged user fails with
>> vmnet's 'general failure'.
>>
>> This happens because vmnet.framework requires `com.apple.vm.networking`
>> entitlement which is: "restricted to developers of virtualization
>> software.
>> To request this entitlement, contact your Apple representative." as
>> Apple
>> documentation says:
>> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_vm_networking
>>
>>
>> One more note: we still have quite useful but not supported
>> 'vmnet.framework' features as creating port forwarding rules, IPv6
>> NAT prefix specifying and so on.
>>
>> Nevertheless, new backends work fine and tested within
>> `qemu-system-x86-64`
>> on macOS Bir Sur 11.5.2 host with such nic models:
>>    * e1000-82545em
>>    * virtio-net-pci
>>    * vmxnet3
>>
>> The guests were:
>>    * macOS 10.15.7
>>    * Ubuntu Bionic (server cloudimg)
>>
>>
>> This series partially reuses patches by Phillip Tennen:
>> https://patchew.org/QEMU/20210218134947.1860-1-phillip.ennen@gmail.com/
>> So I included them signed-off line into one of the commit messages and
>> also here.
>
>
> Applied.
>
> Thanks


Reverted actually, though it can be built on macos but not Linux. I see
thing like:

In file included from qapi/qapi-types-net.c:15:
qapi/qapi-types-net.h:411:9: error: unknown type name
‘NetdevVmnetHostOptions’
   411 |         NetdevVmnetHostOptions vmnet_host;
       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
qapi/qapi-types-net.h:412:9: error: unknown type name
‘NetdevVmnetSharedOptions’
   412 |         NetdevVmnetSharedOptions vmnet_shared;
       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
qapi/qapi-types-net.h:413:9: error: unknown type name
‘NetdevVmnetBridgedOptions’
   413 |         NetdevVmnetBridgedOptions vmnet_bridged;
       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Fixed in v9. There was one more place where
'if': 'CONFIG_VMNET' statement should be added
in the qapi json. Without this malformed qapi sources
were generated.

Not only Linux builds were affected, other non-macOS 
platforms also. Sorry for this!

....

Thanks
  


--
Best Regards,

Vladislav Yaroshchuk

reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]