[Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] [NEW] QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[guenthert]

Public bug reported:

Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu
refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged
ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's also
unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the
devices used to implement it are.

To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN, _please_
be removed from source and documentation and replaced with something
more suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that term for a
similiar concept)?

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658904
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Status in QEMU: New

Bug description:
Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu refers 
to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged ethernet) VLAN, 
which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's also unnecessary, as the 
network in question isn't "virtual", only the devices used to implement it are.

To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN, _please_ be 
removed from source and documentation and replaced with something more 
suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that term for a similiar 
concept)?