netdev - Re: [TEST] VirtioFS instead of 9p

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Message-ID: <60c891b6-03c9-413c-b41a-14949390d106@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:27:17 +0100
From: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, netdev-driver-reviewers@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TEST] VirtioFS instead of 9p

Hi Jakub,

On 26/03/2024 02:42, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:32:54 +0100 Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>> With 'virtme-ng' used by NIPA, it is possible to use VirtioFS or
>> OverlayFS instead of 9p.
>>
>> VirtioFS seems to perform much better than 9p [1]. All you need is to
>> install "virtiofsd" daemon in userspace [2]. It looks like Nipa is still
>> using 9p for the rootfs, it might be good to switch to VirtioFS if it is
>> easy :)
> 
> "All you need is to install" undersells it a little :)
> 
> It's not packaged for silly OS^w^w AWS Linux.

Thank you for having tried! That's a shame "virtiofsd" is not packaged!

> And the Rust that comes with it doesn't seem to be able to build it :(
Did you try by installing Rust (rustc, cargo) via rustup [1]? It is even
possible to get the offline installer if it is easier [2]. With rustup,
you can easily install newer versions of the Rust toolchain.

[1] https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started
[2] https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html


Do you need a hand to update the wiki page?

Cheers,
Matt
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