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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] docs: add a document describing the xl vi

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# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1319705668 -3600
# Node ID 4900950d16bbbb63925fadd4cdabdfde01195c37
# Parent  4ed766d703968e2340bb7289990d2f1f6bc91557
docs: add a document describing the xl vif syntax

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
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+# XL Network Configuration
+
+## Syntax Overview
+
+This document specifies the xl config file format vif configuration
+option.  It has the following form:
+
+        vif = [ '<vifspec>', '<vifspec>', ... ]
+
+where each vifspec is in this form:
+    
+        [<key>=<value>|<flag>,]
+
+For example:
+
+        'mac=00:16:3E:74:3d:76,model=rtl8139,bridge=xenbr0'
+        'mac=00:16:3E:74:34:32'
+        '' # The empty string
+
+These might be specified in the domain config file like this:
+
+        vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:74:34:32', 'mac=00:16:3e:5f:48:e4,bridge=xenbr1' 
]
+
+More formally, the string is a series of comma-separated keyword/value
+pairs. All keywords are optional.
+
+Each device has a `DEVID` which is its index within the vif list, starting 
from 0.
+
+## Keywords
+
+### mac
+
+If specified then this option specifies the MAC address inside the
+guest of this VIF device. The value is a 48-bit number represented as
+six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colons (:).
+
+The default if this keyword is not specified is to be automatically
+generate a MAC address inside the space assigned to Xen's
+[Organizationally Unique Identifier][oui] (00:16:3e).
+
+If you are choosing a MAC address then it is strongly recommend to
+follow one of the following strategies:
+
+  * Generate a random sequence of 6 byte, set the locally administered
+    bit (bit 2 of the first byte) and clear the multicast bit (bit 1
+    of the first byte). In other words the first byte should have the
+    bit pattern xxxxxx10 (where x is a randomly generated bit) and the
+    remaining 5 bytes are randomly generated See
+    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address] for more details the
+    structure of a MAC address.
+  * Allocate an address from within the space defined by your
+    organization's OUI (if you have one) following your organization's
+    procedures for doing so.
+  * Allocate an address from within the space defined by Xen's OUI
+    (00:16:3e). Taking care not to clash with other users of the
+    physical network segment where this VIF will reside.
+
+If you have an OUI for your own use then that is the preferred
+strategy. Otherwise in general you should prefer to generate a random
+MAC and set the locally administered bit since this allows for more
+bits of randomness than using the Xen OUI.
+
+### bridge
+
+Specifies the name of the network bridge which this VIF should be
+added to. The default is `xenbr0`. The bridge must be configured using
+your distribution's network configuration tools. See the [wiki][net]
+for guidance and examples.
+
+### type
+
+This keyword is valid for HVM guests only.
+
+Specifies the type of device to valid values are:
+
+  * `ioemu` (default) -- this device will be provided as an emulate
+    device to the guest and also as a paravirtualised device which the
+    guest may choose to use instead if it has suitable drivers
+    available.
+  * `vif` -- this device will be provided as a paravirtualised device
+    only.
+
+### model
+
+This keyword is valid for HVM guest devices with `type=ioemu` only.
+
+Specifies the type device to emulated for this guest. Valid values
+are:
+
+  * `rtl8139` (default) -- Realtek RTL8139
+  * `e1000` -- Intel E1000 
+  * in principal any device supported by your device model
+
+### vifname
+
+This keyword is valid for HVM guest devices with `type=ioemu` only.
+
+Specifies the backend device name for an emulated device. The default
+is `tapDOMID.DEVID` where `DOMID` is the guest domain ID and `DEVID`
+is the device number.
+
+### script
+
+Specifies the hotplug script to run to configure this device (e.g. to
+add it to the relevant bridge). Defaults to
+`XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/vif-bridge` but can be set to any script. Some example
+scripts are installed in `XEN_SCRIPT_DIR`.
+
+### ip
+
+Specifies the IP address for the device, the default is not to
+specify an IP address.
+
+What, if any, effect this has depends on the hotplug script which is
+configured. A typically behaviour (exhibited by the example hotplug
+scripts) if set might be to configure firewall rules to allow only the
+specified IP address to be used by the guest (blocking all others).
+
+### backend
+
+Specifies the backend domain which this device should attach to. This
+defaults to domain 0. Specifying another domain requires setting up a
+driver domain which is outside the scope of this document.
+
+[oui]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_Unique_Identifier
+[net]: http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/HostConfiguration/Networking

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