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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Make the e1000 the default network
	adapter for the pc target.
From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
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To: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 11:23 -0500, 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.

Shouldn't ne2k continue to be the default for pc-0.11 and pc-0.10?

Cheers,
Mark.