Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] qemu-bridge-helper: Fix misuse of isspace()

[Richard Henderson]

On 5/15/19 7:54 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> We don't want to deprecate qemu-bridge-helper while libvirt has a
> sensible use for it.
> 
> We can still deprecate -netdev tap parameter "helper" and -netdev bridge
> entirely.
> 
> Once they're gone, qemu-bridge-helper wull have no user within QEMU.  We
> could discuss moving it to libvirt then, but I doubt it'll be worth the
> trouble.

At present, one can do reasonable testing of QEMU by itself, without needing a
management layer on top.  If you remove -netdev bridge, then that is no longer
possible.  (I discount slirp as reasonable; things Just Work with bridging.)

I am opposed to requiring libvirt in order to test QEMU.


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