Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] [trivial] print meaningful error message in case of --disable-vhost-net

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Michael Tokarev <address@hidden> wrote:
> When qemu gets compiled without support of vhost-net, any attempt
> to use it fails with a very clear error message:
>
>  qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev ...,vhost=on: vhost-net requested but could not 
> be initialized
>
> there's absolutely no reason given _why_ it coult not be
> initialized, and even strace'ing the process in question
> does not reveal any errors.  So print a message telling
> what's going on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/vhost_net.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

This is useful.  CCed Michael Tsirkin.

Stefan