* [Qemu-devel] [patch] Misleading -net documentation
@ 2006-01-31 16:26 Paul Brook
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From: Paul Brook @ 2006-01-31 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
The qemu documentation implies that "-net user" is the default. It's actually
"-net user -net nic". The patch below clarifies the documentation. I've also
moved the description of the default to -net none as that seems a more
logical place for it.
Paul
Index: qemu-doc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/qemu-doc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -u -p -r1.78 qemu-doc.texi
--- qemu-doc.texi 19 Dec 2005 22:12:34 -0000 1.78
+++ qemu-doc.texi 31 Jan 2006 16:09:02 -0000
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ target. Optionally, the MAC address can
@item -net user[,vlan=n]
Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
-priviledge to run. This is the default if no @option{-net} option is
-specified.
+priviledge to run.
@item -net tap[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file]
Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and
@@ -334,8 +333,8 @@ qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00
@item -net none
Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
-override the default configuration which is activated if no
-@option{-net} options are provided.
+override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
+is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
@item -tftp prefix
When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
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