NAME

vdeq - Virtual Distributed Ethernet wrapper for QEMU virtual machines

SYNOPSIS

vdeq qemu [ -sock socketpath [ ,socketpath [ ,... ] ] ] [ qemu_args ]
vde{qemu_name} [ -sock socketpath [ ,socketpath [ ,... ] ] ] [ qemu_args ]

DESCRIPTION

vdeq is a wrapper to start a QEMU virtual machine connected to a VDE network. It uses the qemu -tun-fd parameter to set up the connection with a vde_switch.

The command

It is also possible to create symbolic links to the vdeq executable to have a simpler command. If the link has a name that begins with vde the remaning part of the name is taken as the qemu command. For example if vdeq is linked to vdeqemu:

OPTIONS

-sock

socketpath, specify the UNIX socket to be used by local programs for joining the VDE. The default value is "/tmp/vde.ctl" It is also possible to indicate several socketpath (comma separated, no blanks): in this case several interfaces are defined. The first socketpath is connected to the first ne2k interface and so on.

-h, -help, --help

print a Usage help.

SEE ALSO

vde_switch(1), vde_plug(1), dpipe(1).

AUTHOR

VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>