Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 8/8] qemu-doc: Make "-net" less prominent

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 20/02/2018 18:40, Thomas Huth wrote:
> "-net" is clearly a legacy option. Yet we still use it in almost all
> examples in the qemu documentation, and many other spots in the network
> chapter. We should make it less prominent that users are not lured into
> using it so often anymore. So instead of starting the network chapter with
> "-net nic" and documenting "-net <backend>" below "-netdev <backend>"
> everywhere, all the "-net" related documentation is now moved to the end
> of the chapter. And the examples are changed to use the "--device" and
> "--netdev" options instead of "-net nic -net <backend>".

Do we want to change them to "-nic" instead?  The proof is in the
pudding, they say, :) and "-nic" is way easier to learn than "-device
-netdev".

And maybe we *should* go the extra mile and deprecate "-net" altogether.
 The only case where the newer syntax is a bit more uncomfortable is for
"-net nic -net nic -net tap|user", which however does work with "-nic
hubport -nic hubport -netdev tap|user,id=x -netdev hubport,netdev=x".

For now I suggest dropping this patch.

Paolo