NIC type (rtl vs virtio)

Nux! nux at li.nux.ro
Sun Nov 18 20:22:51 UTC 2012


Hi,

I notice the VMs are not using the virtio type NICs, but some "Ethernet 
controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+".
In my experience the virtio device is quite stable, any reason why it's 
not default? I see that for block device virtio is default.

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