[HN Gopher] VDEv2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet
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       VDEv2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2024-07-07 18:16 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | skowalak wrote:
       | Notice: Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way
       | with         www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik
       | und Informationstechnik"         i.e. the German "Association for
       | Electrical, Electronic & Information          Technologies").
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       | I wonder how many times that came up, that they had to put it in
       | the README.
        
         | fl7305 wrote:
         | In Germany, very often. VDE is like ANSI or IEEE there.
         | 
         | If you ever work on anything electrical in Germany, you see the
         | acronym VDE everywhere on standards etc.
        
       | transfire wrote:
       | What is this good for?
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | Looks like it was an option in QEMU prior to options like OVS.
         | Not sure what one would prefer it for now though.
        
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