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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Inform the user about deprecated -net opti


From: Thomas Huth
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Inform the user about deprecated -net options
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:33:44 +0100
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On 15/12/15 17:17, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 15 December 2015 at 12:51, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Honestly, I still do not believe that they will be removed.  They are
>> little more than syntactic sugar at this point.
> 
> If they're just syntactic sugar, what is the new-style command
> line mechanism for configuring boards with embedded network
> controller devices? Last time I looked at this that was just
> impossible...and as long as it is, you can't get rid of any
> of the backend -net config either, because it has to be either
> all -net or all new-style and not a mix (I think).

No, you can use "-netdev user,id=mynet -net nic,netdev=mynet" for
example to wire an embedded network controller to a netdev device, so
that's not a problem anymore.

 Thomas




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