Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/jasowang/tags/net-pull-request' into staging

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* remotes/jasowang/tags/net-pull-request:
  qemu-doc: Update the deprecation information of -tftp, -bootp, -redir and -smb
  qemu-doc: The "-net nic" option can be used with "netdev=...", too
  net: Remove the legacy "-net channel" parameter
  net: remove unused compute_mcast_idx() function
  rtl8139: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  ne2000: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  ftgmac100: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  lan9118: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  opencores_eth: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  eepro100: use inline net_crc32() and bitshift instead of compute_mcast_idx()
  sungem: fix multicast filter CRC calculation
  sunhme: switch sunhme over to use net_crc32_le()
  eepro100: switch eepro100 e100_compute_mcast_idx() over to use net_crc32()
  pcnet: switch pcnet over to use net_crc32_le()
  net: introduce net_crc32_le() function
  net: move CRC32 calculation from compute_mcast_idx() into its own net_crc32() function
  e1000: Separate TSO and non-TSO contexts, fixing UDP TX corruption
  e1000, e1000e: Move per-packet TX offload flags out of context state

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

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.