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

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 13/09/2016 09:11, 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>

Stupid question ahead: how does -netdev bridge compare to -netdev tap
after this patch?  Is there a case left where you must use -netdev bridge?

Or can we make -netdev bridge a synonym for "-netdev
tap,helper=/default/path/to/helper"?

Thanks,

Paolo