On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 03:35:36PM -0800, dje--- via wrote:
> Add support for ipv6 host forwarding
>
> This patchset takes the original patch from Maxim,
> https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg569573.html
> and updates it.
>
> New option: -ipv6-hostfwd
>
> New commands: ipv6_hostfwd_add, ipv6_hostfwd_remove
>
> These are the ipv6 equivalents of their ipv4 counterparts.
Before I noticed this v3, I send a reply to your v2 sugesting
that we don't need to add any new commands/options. We can
use existing inet_parse() helper function to parse the address
info and transparently support IPv4/6 in the existing commands
and options. This matches normal practice elsewhere in QEMU
for IP dual stack.
I'm all for this, fwiw.
I should say I'm all for not adding new commands/options.
Looking at inet_parse() it cannot be used as-is.
The question then becomes: Will refactoring it buy enough?