[ovs-discuss] High bandwidth virtual interfaces?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 09:02:33PM -0400, Nicholas Bastin wrote:
> Is it possible to attach a 10Gb vif to a bridge, even if there are no
> physical 10Gb interfaces attached to that bridge?  We're trying to provide a
> 10Gb switch fabric to some virtual machines for connections that never need
> to leave the physical machine, which sounds like it ought to be possible,
> but it's not immediately apparent to me how you'd accomplish it.

I've never heard anyone describe a virtual interface as having a
particular rate.  So... what's a 10 Gb vif?