Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: Restore printing of the help text with "-nic help"

[Thomas Huth]

On 08/11/2022 09.52, Claudio Fontana wrote:
> On 11/8/22 09:42, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > On 07/11/2022 13.27, Claudio Fontana wrote:
> > > should -net and -netdev be adapted too?
> >
> > "-netdev help" already works just fine ... and "-net" should IMHO rather be
> > removed than improved ;-)
> >
> >    Thomas
>
> I wonder if it could be done once for all, in net_init_clients,
> instead of repeating the is_help_option in net_init_netdev and net_param_nic
> (and that would take care of net_init_client too, so we'd get "net" for free)..

I don't think that it makes too much sense to have one option for all - 
since all three CLI options are slightly different anyway. E.g. "-net nic" 
only exists for "-net", "hubport" cannot be used with "-net", "-nic" can 
also be used to configure the NIC model, etc.

 Thomas