[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] net/dump: Add documentation

[Thomas Huth]

Add a short description for the filter-dump command line options.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b09f97f..347ee28 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2011,6 +2011,7 @@ qemu -m 512 -object 
memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,sha
 Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} 
(@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
 At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file 
format is
 libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark.
+Note: For devices created with '-netdev', use '-object filter-dump,...' 
instead.
 
 @item -net none
 Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
@@ -3660,6 +3661,13 @@ chain @var{all|in|out} is an option that can be applied 
to any netfilter, defaul
 
 @option{out} means this filter will receive packets sent from the netdev
 
address@hidden -object 
filter-dump,address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden
+
+Dump the network traffic on netdev @var{dev} to the file specified by
address@hidden At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored.
+The file format is libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump
+or Wireshark.
+
 @end table
 
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