On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 20:51 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: > > Mark McLoughlin wrote: > >> Allow users to pass an IFF_VNET_HDR tap fd via "-net tap,fd=X" > >> by querying the fd with the recently added TUNGETIFF ioctl() to > >> see if IFF_VNET_HDR has been enabled. > >> > >> Note: users wishing to pass an IFF_VNET_HDR tap fd to qemu > >> should check both that a) this version of qemu can handle > >> such an fd and b) that the TUNGETIFF ioctl() is available in > >> the running kernel. > >> > >> We add a comment to the "qemu -help" output to indicate to > >> users that this version of qemu supports IFF_VNET_HDR. > >> > > > > The -help output is not a supported interface. An info command in the > > monitor would be a better way to detect this. > > > > You need to know this before you create a virtual machine. I suggested > a 'qemu -capabilities' thing to describe what this qemu can do.
I'll take a stab at "-capabilities" later. In the mean time, it may make sense to commit the patch minus the -help string. Cheers, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
