[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/4] Add 'set_link' monitor command

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 09:01 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > +    for(vc = vlan->first_client; vc != NULL; vc = vc->next)
> > +        if (i++ == device_idx)
> > +            break;
> >   
> 
> I think a better way would be to allow a user to specify an id for the 
> nic that gets saved early on.  info nics should print the id and a 
> default id should be assigned.  I think you could argue either way as to 
> whether the ids should be vlan local or global.
> 
> I sort of think that making them global has a number of advantages.  You 
> could also use a string to identify the nics globally, it's up to you.

Okay, here's a few patches to add a vlan client name.

I'll repost the set_link patches once we agree on this part.

Cheers,
Mark.