[PATCH] use rtl8139 as default network adapter

[Guido Guenther <agx-wGvLLbajjwFAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 10:53:53PM +0200, Izik Eidus wrote:
> Guido Guenther wrote:
[..snip..]
>> kvm-58 doesn't show this problem, thanks! The host runs stable now. 
>> I'm still seeing network stalls on large transfers in the guest though.
>> Ifup/ifdown'ing the interface in the guest gets things going again until
>> it stops again. There's nothing in dmesg of either host or guest. I still
>> have to check with different guest kernels and qemu network adapter
>> emulations though (current one is ne2k using a bridge on the host). The
>>
>>   
> there are known problems with ne2k, please rtl8139 and report if it work
rtl8139 works stable with the standard etch kernel I tested as guest,
thanks!  Given the fact that ne2k has known problems, wouldn't using
rtl8139 as default adaptor make sense:

diff --git a/qemu/hw/pc.c b/qemu/hw/pc.c
index 6c0a360..0d697cc 100644
--- a/qemu/hw/pc.c
+++ b/qemu/hw/pc.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static void pc_init1(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
         nd = &nd_table[i];
         if (!nd->model) {
             if (pci_enabled) {
-                nd->model = "ne2k_pci";
+                nd->model = "rtl8139";
             } else {
                 nd->model = "ne2k_isa";
             }

Cheers,
 -- Guido

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