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I don't have a lot of knowledge about Apple's vmnet, so I just have some more general comments below.
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| auto bind_endpoint = [&](std::vector<uint8_t>& buffers, | ||
| std::vector<vmpktdesc>& packets, | ||
| std::vector<iovec>& iovs, | ||
| std::vector<msghdr_x>& msgs) { | ||
| buffers.resize((size_t)packet_count * max_packet_bytes); | ||
| packets.resize(packet_count); | ||
| iovs.resize(packet_count); | ||
| msgs.resize(packet_count); | ||
| for (int i = 0; i < packet_count; i++) | ||
| { | ||
| iovs[i].iov_base = buffers.data() + (size_t)i * max_packet_bytes; | ||
| iovs[i].iov_len = max_packet_bytes; | ||
| packets[i].vm_pkt_iov = &iovs[i]; | ||
| packets[i].vm_pkt_iovcnt = 1; | ||
| msgs[i].msg_hdr.msg_iov = &iovs[i]; | ||
| msgs[i].msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = 1; | ||
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| bind_endpoint(host_buffers, host_packets, host_iovs, host_msgs); | ||
| bind_endpoint(vm_buffers, vm_packets, vm_iovs, vm_msgs); |
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Then bind_endpoint could be a method on VmnetBuffers, so here you'd just call:
host.bind_endpoint();
vm.bind_enpoint();
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Persisting and saving a UUID would cause DHCP to assign a static IP address. Not something Multipass supports.
Improvements are inspried by [vmnet-helper](https://github.com/nirs/vmnet-helper)
Crediting [vmnet-helper](https://github.com/nirs/vmnet-helper) and listing modifications to original implementation
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This PR adds supports for using additional network interfaces when using the
applevzbackend driver.This implementation of vmnet network interfaces was largely inspired by the following existing works:
Necessary modifications to integrate this code into Multipass is outlined at the top of
applevz_vmnet.mm, but all credit for unmodified code goes to the original author.See the vmnet documentation for more reading on vmnet API usage.
Once #4312 is merged into
mainand the interactions with theAvailabilityZoneManageris more finalized, this implementation can be easily extended to support shared network interfaces.MULTI-2259
MULTI-2263