[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1659267] [NEW] It's not possible to start a VM with a network cable unplugged

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Public bug reported:

There should be a command line (sub)option to unplug a network cable.
While from the monitor interface I can issue:

set_link virtio-net-pci.0 off

There's no way to fire a VM from command line with that cable already unplugged.
As an example, virtualbox can do it.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  It's not possible to start a VM with a network cable unplugged

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  There should be a command line (sub)option to unplug a network cable.
  While from the monitor interface I can issue:

  set_link virtio-net-pci.0 off

  There's no way to fire a VM from command line with that cable already 
unplugged.
  As an example, virtualbox can do it.

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