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Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun
From: |
Jim C. Brown |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun |
Date: |
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:06:37 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 03:01:08PM +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote:
> >>In fact, if qemu supported both these things, then I don't see a reason
> >>for
> >>-tun-fd at all (except for something like VDE).
> >
> >Agree, and a -vde option will go forward in this direction.
>
> vde is not the only userspace switch available. Locking qemu to only vde
> would be bad. I then much prefer not having the builtin vde option or even
> the tun/tap open code and only keep -tun-fd. (from -tun-fd all the others
> can be implemented by a wrapper opening the connections and handing them
> over to QEMU)
>
Agreed. So "-net socket,fd=..." or at least -socket-fd (I think it should be
made clear that qemu won't require tap fds, just datagram sockets.)
> >To be clear, I don't propose to remove option at this point, but just to
> >make qemu more easy to use for simple and most common setup.
>
> See the proposal from Fabrice some month ago on what the command line
> parameters should look like. Very nice imho. And very easy to extend with
> new modes (VDE, persistent TUN/TAP, whatever) without having to introduce
> new confusing options.
>
Agreed.
> Regards
> Henrik
>
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Henrik Nordstrom, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jean-Christian de Rivaz, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Henrik Nordstrom, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jean-Christian de Rivaz, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jim C. Brown, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Henrik Nordstrom, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jean-Christian de Rivaz, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun,
Jim C. Brown <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Henrik Nordstrom, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jim C. Brown, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Fabrice Bellard, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Christian MICHON, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jean-Christian de Rivaz, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Christian MICHON, 2005/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jean-Christian de Rivaz, 2005/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jim C. Brown, 2005/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Matteo, 2005/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] tun/tap networking: patch for existing tun, Jim C. Brown, 2005/10/04