** Changed in: qemu
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584153
Title:
no useful error message when tap device open fails
Status in QEMU:
Fix Committed
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
When using tap network devices and it fails, qemu gives no information
about what the problem is (permission denied, device busy or other),
making debugging of such situations, especially for newbies, very
difficult. The proposed patch just adds strerror() around the place,
making it more friendly.
See also Debian bug#578154, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578154 and a discussion on qemu-devel at
http://marc.info/?t=127192875200003 .
