Re: [Qemu-devel] Making qemu use 10.0.3.x not 10.0.2.x

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Paul Brook wrote:

> > > but make it configurable on the command line.  That way, there are no 
> > > surprises ever.  The rare people like me with an issue can just pass a 
> > > command-line parameter in.
> >
> > The point I was trying to make is that qemu could easily arbitrate the 
> > guest network based on how the host is configured.  If the host has a 
> > 10.0.x.x network (and I suppose if we want to be thorough, a 10.0.x.x 
> > route), then it punts to 172.16.x.x (and does the same check) and then 
> > tries a couple of 192.168.x.x networks.
>
> I really dislike this kind of guesswork.  It makes it very hard to 
> debug/reproduce problems, and means you're never really sure what qemu 
> is going to do.  IMHO One of the really nice features of qemu is that it 
> is host independent.

I agree with this - guesswork and invisible options can be confusing. 
That's why I suggest what I think is the simplest solution: Just let this 
be overridable on the command line.

-- Asheesh.

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