Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rename vlan to vnet and mark vlan as deprecated

[Anthony Liguori]

Kristoffer Ericson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:49 -0600
> Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   
> > Gildas wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > As I agree with the thread "vlan option is misleading, what about vnet
> > > ?" and I found sending a patch would be more constructive than a "+1",
> > > here it is.
> > >   
> > >       
> > I don't think this is a good idea.  vlan has been the option name for a 
> > long time and changing it now will lead to quite a lot of confusion.  I 
> > agree that it's not perhaps the best name but it's too late now to 
> > change it.
> >     
>
> I understand your point but keeping something that
> "everyone" agrees is misleading (myself included) just
> because it's been used in the past is silly.
>   

I don't think everyone agrees.  I think most people haven't even weighed 
in.  What QEMU implements is a VLAN.  The term vlan existed long before 
802.11q.  It is not the only way to create a VLAN, just one of the more 
common ones today.

QEMU's usage of vlan is actually correct.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori