PSARC 2009/137 Bandwidth Limit for Virtual Interface

[James Carlson]

Max Zhen writes:
> > Then I guess my question is why "--rate" is a bad thing for
> > virt-install but it's a good thing for virsh.
> >
> > Shouldn't there be some consistency here?
> >   
> The problem for virsh is different.
> The '--rate' option is only for 'attach-interface' subcommand.
> You can only add one virtual interface at a time when you use 'virsh 
> attach-interface' and all options in this command line is solely used 
> for virtual interface configuration, not for cpu, memory, disk, or some 
> other things like we have in virt-install.
> So, the difference here is in virt-install, we mix all options together, 
> including vcpu, memory, disk, network interface...but in 'virsh 
> attach-interface' the option is only for virtual interface, which is 
> quite clear.

OK; thanks.  That clarifies it.

+1 with the new "obsolete" notice added to the old options.

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