[virt-tools-list] where are vmnet0 and other virtual interfaces defined by virt-manager

[Tapas Mishra]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 02:34:33PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:40:31PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:
>> >> How ever I am curious to look at where are the vmnet0 vmnet 1 defined
>> >> by the virt-manager(which I see in brctl show)
>> >>  so which files should I look in?
>> >
>> > [The interfaces are called vnet0, etc]
>> >
>> > You're getting confused about what interface is named on the host side
>> > (vnet0 etc) and what the guest sees.  The guest sees eth0 for a Linux
>> > guest, it would be something completely different for a Windows guest.
>> >
>> > To list the host devices do:
>> >
>> > /sbin/ifconfig vnet0
>> >
>> I see but in my output of ifconfig I am getting some entries which are
>> with name vmnet1 to vmnet1 and vmnet8 so where are they coming from?
>
> I guess you must have the VMware kernel driver loaded as well.
>
Hmmmm.Fine I got your point.
Thanks for explanations.