From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVeVM-00026u-1K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:09:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVeVK-00025y-Eu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:09:19 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43363 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVeVK-00025u-6L for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:09:18 -0500 Received: from bigben2.bytemark.co.uk ([80.68.81.132]:49300) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVeVJ-0001DX-Ql for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:09:18 -0500 Received: from esaurito.net ([80.68.93.96]) by bigben2.bytemark.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LVeVF-0006aR-ET for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:09:13 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by esaurito.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C427541923 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:09:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from pintsize (host-78-13-75-204.cust-adsl.tiscali.it [78.13.75.204]) by esaurito.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B2A41920 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:09:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:09:12 +0100 From: Luca Bigliardi Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Patch] Add -net dump option Message-ID: <20090207040912.GG5197@pintsize> References: <20090204102251.GA16599@ulanbator.act-europe.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090204102251.GA16599@ulanbator.act-europe.fr> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Tristan Gingold wrote: > Hi, Hi Tristan, > this patch add a new network pseudo nic that dump traffic to a tcpdump > compatible file. I have found this feature useful to debug network protocols > with the user stack. I don't know if it entirely fits your needs, but qemu already has vde support, and vde has a pcap plugin to dump or monitor frames sent through the switch: http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/index.php/VDE_Basic_Networking#Dump_or_Monitor_switch_traffic HTH, luca -- Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein http://shammash.homelinux.org/ - http://www.artha.org/ - http://www.yue.it/