Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Make the e1000 the default network adapter for the pc target.

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 08/14/2009 07:23 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> The ne2k is an ancient card that performs pretty terribly under 
>> QEMU.  In many
>> modern OSes, there is no longer drivers available for the ne2k.
>>
>> Switch the default network adapter to e1000.  This card is more widely
>> suppported and performs rather well under QEMU.  There may be very 
>> old OSes
>> that had a ne2k driver but not an e1000 driver but I think this is 
>> likely the
>> exception.
>>
>> I think the average user is better served with an e1000 vs ne2k.
>>    
>
> I am unable to get Windows XP to work with the e1000 device, either 
> with its built-in drivers or with Windows Update.  I think it's better 
> to switch to rtl8139 (qemu-kvm's default for years now).

Is this a bug or is this not known to work?

I'd rather fix the e1000 bug than switch to rtl8139 which is still 
awfully slow.

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Regards,

Anthony Liguori