From patchwork Tue Dec 19 15:28:55 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 10123487 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF060602CB for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0E0528BB3 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id C4A822941B; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71BFF28BB3 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:50329 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRJzI-0003ay-7B for patchwork-qemu-devel@patchwork.kernel.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:39:24 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36657) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRJpK-0001fA-7u for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:29:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRJpG-0007lJ-8q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:29:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:40582) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRJpG-0007kg-36 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:29:02 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44C1B61E53; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thh440s.str.redhat.com (dhcp-192-189.str.redhat.com [10.33.192.189]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770B270108; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:29:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Jason Wang Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:28:55 +0100 Message-Id: <1513697336-2863-3-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1513697336-2863-1-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com> References: <1513697336-2863-1-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.39]); Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:29:01 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] qemu-doc: The "-net nic" option can be used with "netdev=...", too X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Samuel Thibault , peter.maydell@linaro.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Looks like we missed to document that it is also possible to specify a netdev with "-net nic" - which is very useful if you want to configure your on-board NIC to use a backend that has been specified with "-netdev". Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- qemu-options.hx | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 32d9378..4e235c6 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2022,9 +2022,10 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev, "-netdev hubport,id=str,hubid=n\n" " configure a hub port on QEMU VLAN 'n'\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net, - "-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n" - " old way to create a new NIC and connect it to VLAN 'n'\n" - " (use the '-device devtype,netdev=str' option if possible instead)\n" + "-net nic[,vlan=n][,netdev=nd][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n" + " configure or create an on-board (or machine default) NIC and\n" + " connect it either to VLAN 'n' or the netdev 'nd' (for pluggable\n" + " NICs please use '-device devtype,netdev=nd' instead)\n" "-net dump[,vlan=n][,file=f][,len=n]\n" " dump traffic on vlan 'n' to file 'f' (max n bytes per packet)\n" "-net none use it alone to have zero network devices. If no -net option\n" @@ -2045,10 +2046,11 @@ DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net, " old way to initialize a host network interface\n" " (use the -netdev option if possible instead)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI -@item -net nic[,vlan=@var{n}][,macaddr=@var{mac}][,model=@var{type}] [,name=@var{name}][,addr=@var{addr}][,vectors=@var{v}] +@item -net nic[,vlan=@var{n}][,netdev=@var{nd}][,macaddr=@var{mac}][,model=@var{type}] [,name=@var{name}][,addr=@var{addr}][,vectors=@var{v}] @findex -net -Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n} -= 0 is the default). The NIC is an e1000 by default on the PC +Configure or create an on-board (or machine default) Network Interface Card +(NIC) and connect it either to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n} = 0 is the default), or +to the netdev @var{nd}. The NIC is an e1000 by default on the PC target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed to @var{mac}, the device address set to @var{addr} (PCI cards only), and a @var{name} can be assigned for use in monitor commands.