Dependencies

• vde (use nexedi's rpm)
• qemu (better with kqemu)

Procedures

1. Run vde_switch.
2. Run slirpvde -d -n 192.168.254.0. -d is required only if a dhcp server is used.
3. Run QEMU_TMPDIR=~/tmp vdeq /usr/local/bin/qemu -cdrom foo.iso -m 256 -macaddr 52:54:00:12:34:??

Caveats

• If kqemu is built into qemu, qemu creates a big file under /dev/shm by default. If multiple qemu instances are executed, qemu can easily make the tmpfs full. Note that the default max size of tmpfs is a half of real memory. So it is better to specify somewhere on a disk by the environment variable QEMU_TMPDIR.
• It is better to specify the location of qemu to vdeq explicitly.
• Do not forget to specify an unique mac addr to each qemu instance. qemu does not generate a unique one automatically.
• If it is necessary to connect qemu to real networks, a tap device must be used for vde. This requires a root permission.