Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH, try 2] qemu/tap: add -net tap,dev= option

2009-12-09 Thread Mark McLoughlin
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 18:41 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > In order to support macvtap, we need a way to select the actual > tap endpoint. While it would be nice to pass it by network interface > name, passing the character device is more flexible, and we can > easily do both in the long run. > > S

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH, try 2] qemu/tap: add -net tap,dev= option

2009-12-08 Thread Arnd Bergmann
In order to support macvtap, we need a way to select the actual tap endpoint. While it would be nice to pass it by network interface name, passing the character device is more flexible, and we can easily do both in the long run. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann --- diff --git a/net.c b/net.c index 13