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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Inform the user about deprecated -net opti


From: Peter Maydell
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Inform the user about deprecated -net options
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:46:01 +0000

On 15 December 2015 at 16:33, Thomas Huth <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 15/12/15 17:17, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> If they're just syntactic sugar, what is the new-style command
>> line mechanism for configuring boards with embedded network
>> controller devices? Last time I looked at this that was just
>> impossible...and as long as it is, you can't get rid of any
>> of the backend -net config either, because it has to be either
>> all -net or all new-style and not a mix (I think).
>
> No, you can use "-netdev user,id=mynet -net nic,netdev=mynet" for
> example to wire an embedded network controller to a netdev device, so
> that's not a problem anymore.

Oh good. We should probably document this on
http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Networking somewhere.

thanks
-- PMM



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