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| author | Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> | 2017-12-19 16:28:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> | 2017-12-22 10:06:03 +0800 |
| commit | 0e60a82d9b15be9531c2567cf9f0b509006f174f (patch) | |
| tree | cde2db9b87aef85b1a03c0e155fc683fad71b875 /qemu-options.hx | |
| parent | 3a22ee27340aee063b442daa37ae684e9a114a91 (diff) | |
qemu-doc: The "-net nic" option can be used with "netdev=...", too
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 <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 94647e21e3..9f4dd3a2c1 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2035,9 +2035,10 @@ 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" @@ -2058,10 +2059,11 @@ 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. |