bhyve: vde2/openvswitch

[Cory Smelosky]

Hey all,

Is there any current support for vde2 aside from using vde2_plug2tap? 
(Does that even work?  I believe vde2 likes to open the tap interface 
exclusively.  I need to bring up a bhyve test environment to check fully.)

How exactly does the bhyve network stack work through bridging?  I'm 
imaging it's tying in to bridging APIs?

I'm assuming bhyve-to-bhyve network communication is also possible?

I can't imagine it'd be too hard to implement vde2 support for 
networking...it'd give me more control over my VMs and give easier 
integration with SIMH VMs.

OpenVSwitch I know less about...but I'm aware it is another virtual switch 
and it works on FreeBSD...not sure if it has a kernel module or if it's in 
userspace.  With vde2 I know for sure it can be attached to a tap 
interface and therefore a bridge.

A virtual switch for bhyve would be a useful feature if there aren't any 
plans for one.  Get up there and have it in base. ;)

Unrelated: any plans for a special bhyve-to-bhyve communication bus?  Not 
too useful of a feature...I can't think of any use for it off-hand aside 
from dedicating a VM to administrating VMs without exposing much to the 
host beyond configurations.

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Cory Smelosky
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