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From: | Paul Brook |
Subject: | Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change "-net tap, helper" to "-net tap, bridgehelper" |
Date: | Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:42:56 +0000 |
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> The purpose of the "helper" option for "-net tap" isn't obvious > based on its name. This patch changes the option name to > "bridgehelper" to make its purpose more self-documenting. > > With this patch, a typical invocation will be similar to one of the > following (where the default bridge is br0): I don't see why this option is specific to bridging. Surely it could be used in any system where you want to have a helper script open the tap device. Paul
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