On 13/09/2016 09:11, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote: > The tap backend is already using qemu-bridge-helper to attach tap > interface to a bridge but (unlike the bridge backend) it always uses > the default bridge name - br0. > > This adds a "br" property support to the tap backend. > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <a...@ozlabs.ru>
Stupid question ahead: how does -netdev bridge compare to -netdev tap after this patch? Is there a case left where you must use -netdev bridge? Or can we make -netdev bridge a synonym for "-netdev tap,helper=/default/path/to/helper"? Thanks, Paolo