Using Virtio-Net - Using Virtio-Net - UG1739

AMD Solarflare X4 Series Ethernet Adapter User Guide (UG1739)

Document ID
UG1739
Release Date
2026-08-04
Revision
1.4 English

The traditional method of configuring networking in KVM virtualized environments uses the para-virtualized (PV) driver, virtio-net, in the virtual machine. Bridging is handled by the host.

Network traffic passes via a PCIe physical function (PF) to the network adapter. This does not use any of the virtualization features provided by the AMD Solarflare adapter.