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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] net: Deprecate tap backend's parameter "hel
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] net: Deprecate tap backend's parameter "helper" |
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Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:32:27 +0200 |
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Jason Wang <address@hidden> writes:
> On 2019/6/4 下午7:52, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> -netdev tap,helper=... is a useless duplicate of -netdev bridge.
>> Deprecate and de-document.
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>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
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> This requires more thought as TAP could be used independently. Force
> using a "bridge" backend may lead some confusion.
Can you explain your qualms in a bit more detail?
The thoughts that led to this patch:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg03164.html
Consensus back then:
1. Add qemu-bridge-helper.c to Jason's "Network device backends"
2. Deprecate -netdev tap parameter "helper"
3. Improve documentation of -netdev bridge
4. Create a manual page for qemu-bridge-helper that also covers
/etc/qemu/bridge.conf.
5. Fix the nutty error handling in parse_acl_file()
This series covers the first two [PATCH 1+2], and records the remaining
three more permanently [PATCH 3].