[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] qemu-kvm: virtio-net: Re-instate GSO code removed upstream

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 09/30/09 15:59, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> I'm planning on adding -hostnet and -nic arguments, which would not use
> vlans by default but rather connect the nic directly to the host side.

No new -nic argument please.  We should just finalize the qdev-ifycation 
of the nic drivers, then you'll do either

  -device e1000,vlan=<nr>

or

  -device e1000,hostnet=<name>

and be done with it.

cheers,
  Gerd