Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-discuss] qemu-kvm: -netdev user: Parameter 'id' is missing

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:41 PM, anatoly techtonik <address@hidden> wrote:
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> From: Mike Lovell <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-kvm: -netdev user: Parameter 'id' is missing
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> On 07/20/2012 04:10 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote:
>>
>> The documentation at http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Networking
>> makes people think that 'id' parameter for -netdev user is optional,
>> which doesn't appear to be true:
>>
>>      $ qemu-kvm -hda image.img -netdev user
>>      qemu-kvm: -netdev user: Parameter 'id' is missing

I have updated the wiki page.

A -netdev needs to be paired with a NIC -device.  That's why the
identifier is essential, it allows you to say -netdev
<type>,id=netdev0 -device <type>,netdev=netdev0.

Stefan