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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] better describe -net options
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Jamie Lokier |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] better describe -net options |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:13:16 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
> On 03/05/2010 03:07 PM, Brian Thomason wrote:
>
> The manpage reflects that multiple -net user calls may be made,
> but if this is done, it can cause the program to hang. Instead,
> multiple -net calls can be combined into one, and this patch adds
> that information to qemu-options.hx. Also, -net user may only
> be used in conjunction with -net nic. This is already implcitly
> stated, but this patch makes that statement more explicit.
>
> Actually, the problem is that the user created a loop. It's actually
> valid to have something like:
> -net user -net dump,file=foo.pcap -net nic
> But having -net user -net user creates a loop.
When I used -net user -net user, it didn't hang: QEMU crashed with a
stack overflow.
It crashed after a doing a successful full OS install, because
everything was fine until the first network packet.
That's not nice, even if it is user error.
-- Jamie