Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH qemu v2] tap: Allow specifying a bridge

[Greg Kurz]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:49:09 -0500
Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 09/13/2016 02:11 AM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> > The tap backend is already using qemu-bridge-helper to attach tap
> > interface to a bridge but (unlike the bridge backend) it always uses
> > the default bridge name - br0.
> > 
> > This adds a "br" property support to the tap backend.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>
> > --
> > Changes:
> > v2:
> > * documented a new member in json and hx
> > ---
> >  net/tap.c        |  4 +++-
> >  qapi-schema.json |  3 +++
> >  qemu-options.hx  | 12 +++++++-----
> >  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >   
> 
> > +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> > @@ -2575,6 +2575,8 @@
> >  #
> >  # @downscript: #optional script to shut down the interface
> >  #
> > +# @br: #optional bridge name  
> 
> Missing a '(since 2.8)' designator.
> 
> Also, we don't have to abbreviate; 'bridge-name' may be easier to
> understand than 'br', as well as a mention of the default value if the
> parameter is not supplied.
> 

FWIW @br is consistent with what we already have in NetdevBridgeOptions
since 1.2.

> > +#
> >  # @helper: #optional command to execute to configure bridge
> >  #
> >  # @sndbuf: #optional send buffer limit. Understands [TGMKkb] suffixes.
> > @@ -2604,6 +2606,7 @@
> >      '*fds':        'str',
> >      '*script':     'str',
> >      '*downscript': 'str',
> > +    '*br':         'str',
> >      '*helper':     'str',
> >      '*sndbuf':     'size',
> >      '*vnet_hdr':   'bool',  
> 
> Oh, we already use underscore, so if you go with a longer name,
> 'bridge_name' would be more consistent than 'bridge-name', even though
> we prefer dash over underscore in new interfaces.
>

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