Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rename vlan to vnet and mark vlan as deprecated

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Kristoffer Ericson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:49 -0600
> Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> wrote:
>
>   
>> Gildas wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As I agree with the thread "vlan option is misleading, what about vnet
>>> ?" and I found sending a patch would be more constructive than a "+1",
>>> here it is.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I don't think this is a good idea.  vlan has been the option name for a 
>> long time and changing it now will lead to quite a lot of confusion.  I 
>> agree that it's not perhaps the best name but it's too late now to 
>> change it.
>>     
>
> I understand your point but keeping something that
> "everyone" agrees is misleading (myself included) just
> because it's been used in the past is silly.
>   

I don't think everyone agrees.  I think most people haven't even weighed 
in.  What QEMU implements is a VLAN.  The term vlan existed long before 
802.11q.  It is not the only way to create a VLAN, just one of the more 
common ones today.

QEMU's usage of vlan is actually correct.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori