[vbox-dev] [PATCH] VDE native support for VirtualBox v0.1

[Alexey Eremenko]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:12 AM, James Lucas <jimmy at secsme.org.au> wrote:
> In terms of adding it to VBoxManage, I'm guess that modifyvm --nic<1-N> needs to
> be modified and the switch --vdenet<1-N> needs to be added.
>
> VBoxManage modifyvm         <uuid|name>
>                            [--nic<1-N>
> none|null|nat|bridged|intnet|hostonly|vde]
>                            [--vdenet<1-N> <network>|default]
>
> correct?
>

I think yes.

> Does VBoxManage controlvm --nic<1-N> also need to be modified? Not sure how the
> network name would be set when changing the network while powered on.
>

"controlvm" is used to control offline (not started) VMs, while
"modifyvm" is used to control online (running) VMs.
Both modes must work.

> I'm happy to have a go at this over the weekend, the API is there, just needs to
> be exposed in VBoxManage.
>
> - James

Very good.

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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"