+cc slirp & network maintainers
On Saturday 02 August 2025 13:05:49 Pali Rohár wrote:
> Add #PRE and #NOFNR flags to LMHOSTS example line.
> Include information about LMHOSTS path on Windows 3.x.
>
> Windows NT 3.1 requires #NOFNR flag for successful hostname resolving as
> described in MS article Q103765 because qemu/smbd does not respond to
> netbios name verification queries. #PRE is suggested in that article too
> and decrease delay on Windows 3.x for the first connection.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <p...@kernel.org>
> ---
> qemu-options.hx | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index ab23f14d2178..d5654756f125 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -3307,10 +3307,10 @@ SRST
>
> ::
>
> - 10.0.2.4 smbserver
> + 10.0.2.4 smbserver #PRE #NOFNR
>
> - must be added in the file ``C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS`` (for windows
> - 9x/Me) or ``C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS`` (Windows
> + must be added in the file ``C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS`` (for Windows
> + 3x/9x/Me) or ``C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS`` (Windows
> NT/2000).
>
> Then ``dir`` can be accessed in ``\\smbserver\qemu``.
> --
> 2.20.1
>
