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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] spapr: add ibmveth to the supported network
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Alexander Graf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] spapr: add ibmveth to the supported network adapters list |
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Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:52:58 +0100 |
Am 02.11.2013 um 12:51 schrieb Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>:
> Alexander Graf <address@hidden> writes:
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>> Am 01.11.2013 um 03:52 schrieb Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>:
> [...]
>>> Or "-net" interface is "deprecated" and we do not want even touch it?
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>> I don't think we should deprecate it. It's easier to use than anything
>> else. Ahci adoption heavily suffered from not being enabled in -drive
>> - I don't want that again here.
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> How exactly is
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> -net nic,netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,model=MODEL,...
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> easier to use than
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> -device DEVNAME,netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,...
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> ?
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> Especially now that -device help shows valid DEVNAMEs under the heading
> "Network devices".
The same way -device ahci -drive ...,if=none -device ide-drive,... Is harder
than -drive if=ahci. Users didn't even realize ahci support was in the code
base...
Alex