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diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 39e38c87ec..918d97c18b 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -2643,42 +2643,46 @@ combined with ``-vnc tls-creds=tls0' @subsection -tftp (since 2.6.0) -The ``-tftp /some/dir'' argument is replaced by -``-netdev user,id=x,tftp=/some/dir'', either accompanied with -``-device ...,netdev=x'' (for pluggable NICs) or ``-net nic,netdev=x'' +The ``-tftp /some/dir'' argument is replaced by either +``-netdev user,id=x,tftp=/some/dir '' (for pluggable NICs, accompanied +with ``-device ...,netdev=x''), or ``-nic user,tftp=/some/dir'' (for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different settings to be provided per NIC. @subsection -bootp (since 2.6.0) -The ``-bootp /some/file'' argument is replaced by -``-netdev user,id=x,bootp=/some/file'', either accompanied with -``-device ...,netdev=x'' (for pluggable NICs) or ``-net nic,netdev=x'' +The ``-bootp /some/file'' argument is replaced by either +``-netdev user,id=x,bootp=/some/file '' (for pluggable NICs, accompanied +with ``-device ...,netdev=x''), or ``-nic user,bootp=/some/file'' (for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different settings to be provided per NIC. @subsection -redir (since 2.6.0) The ``-redir [tcp|udp]:hostport:[guestaddr]:guestport'' argument is -replaced by ``-netdev -user,id=x,hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[hostaddr]:hostport-[guestaddr]:guestport'', -either accompanied with ``-device ...,netdev=x'' (for pluggable NICs) or -``-net nic,netdev=x'' (for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different -settings to be provided per NIC. +replaced by either +``-netdev user,id=x,hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[hostaddr]:hostport-[guestaddr]:guestport'' +(for pluggable NICs, accompanied with ``-device ...,netdev=x'') or +``-nic user,hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[hostaddr]:hostport-[guestaddr]:guestport'' +(for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different settings to be +provided per NIC. @subsection -smb (since 2.6.0) -The ``-smb /some/dir'' argument is replaced by -``-netdev user,id=x,smb=/some/dir'', either accompanied with -``-device ...,netdev=x'' (for pluggable NICs) or ``-net nic,netdev=x'' +The ``-smb /some/dir'' argument is replaced by either +``-netdev user,id=x,smb=/some/dir '' (for pluggable NICs, accompanied +with ``-device ...,netdev=x''), or ``-nic user,smb=/some/dir'' (for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different settings to be provided per NIC. @subsection -net vlan (since 2.9.0) -The ``-net vlan=NN'' argument is partially replaced with the -new ``-netdev'' argument. The remaining use cases will no -longer be directly supported in QEMU. +The ``-net vlan=NN'' argument was mostly used to attach separate +network backends to different virtual NICs. This is the default +behavior for ``-netdev'' and ``-nic''. You can connect multiple +``-netdev'' and ``-nic'' devices to the same network using the +"hubport" network backend, created with ``-netdev hubport,hubid=NN,...'' +and ``-nic hubport,hubid=NN''. @subsection -drive cyls=...,heads=...,secs=...,trans=... (since 2.10.0) |