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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.13 0/2] net: Get rid of 'vlan' terminology
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.13 0/2] net: Get rid of 'vlan' terminology and use 'hub' instead |
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Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:49:19 +0200 |
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On 04/04/2018 17:33, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The 'vlan' term caused a lot of confusion in the past, so let's try
> to switch to the better word "hub" everywhere where it is appropriate.
> (Note: The CLI parameter "vlan=xxx" still remains as is to not break the
> compatibility with older versions)
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> Thomas Huth (2):
> net: Get rid of 'vlan' terminology and use 'hub' instead in the source
> files
> net: Get rid of 'vlan' terminology and use 'hub' instead in the doc
> files
Bold proposal: remove 'vlan' property/suboption in 2.13, so that we can
remove the "aka"s altogether. Yes, it's early, but even though I've
occasionally used vlans I've never used more than one...
Paolo