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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx dns funny
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Nathaniel W Filardo wrote:
>
> Just a reminder, nothing novel: if you don't mind being root on the host
> briefly (to run ifconfig, brctl, and tunctl commands), you can create a new
> TAP interface (and use the file descriptor in 9vx to back a devether) and
> use Linux's bridging to get ethernet frames to/from the real network
> interface.
I've not tried it with 9vx but for my Qemu setup I use VDE
http://vde.sourceforge.net/

You can start vblades on the tap0 and mount them in the OS on Qemu.