Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Make the e1000 the default network adapter for the pc target.

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/25/2009 03:39 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
> > On 08/14/2009 07:23 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > > The ne2k is an ancient card that performs pretty terribly under 
> > > QEMU.  In many
> > > modern OSes, there is no longer drivers available for the ne2k.
> > >
> > > Switch the default network adapter to e1000.  This card is more widely
> > > suppported and performs rather well under QEMU.  There may be very 
> > > old OSes
> > > that had a ne2k driver but not an e1000 driver but I think this is 
> > > likely the
> > > exception.
> > >
> > > I think the average user is better served with an e1000 vs ne2k.
> >
> > I am unable to get Windows XP to work with the e1000 device, either 
> > with its built-in drivers or with Windows Update.  I think it's 
> > better to switch to rtl8139 (qemu-kvm's default for years now).
>
> Is this a bug or is this not known to work?

No idea.  Windows didn't even find a driver, even with Windows Update 
(which should have the most uptodate list).

> I'd rather fix the e1000 bug than switch to rtl8139 which is still 
> awfully slow.

Me too, but if a fix doesn't come up soon, I don't see a choice.

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