Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] better describe -net options

[Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> 
>    On 03/05/2010 03:07 PM, Brian Thomason wrote:
> 
>      The manpage reflects that multiple -net user calls may be made,
>      but if this is done, it can cause the program to hang. Instead,
>      multiple -net calls can be combined into one, and this patch adds
>      that information to qemu-options.hx. Also, -net user may only
>      be used in conjunction with -net nic.  This is already implcitly
>      stated, but this patch makes that statement more explicit.
> 
>    Actually, the problem is that the user created a loop.  It's actually
>    valid to have something like:
>    -net user -net dump,file=foo.pcap -net nic
>    But having -net user -net user creates a loop.

When I used -net user -net user, it didn't hang: QEMU crashed with a
stack overflow.

It crashed after a doing a successful full OS install, because
everything was fine until the first network packet.

That's not nice, even if it is user error.

-- Jamie