From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40280) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RvHAK-0002JX-FP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RvHAF-00053a-F4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:08 -0500 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]:54868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RvHAF-00053U-2c for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:03 -0500 From: Paul Brook Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:42:56 +0000 References: <1328577371-19939-1-git-send-email-coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <1328577371-19939-1-git-send-email-coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202082342.57354.paul@codesourcery.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change "-net tap, helper" to "-net tap, bridgehelper" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: sw@weilnetz.de, aliguori@us.ibm.com, Corey Bryant , rmarwah@linux.vnet.ibm.com > The purpose of the "helper" option for "-net tap" isn't obvious > based on its name. This patch changes the option name to > "bridgehelper" to make its purpose more self-documenting. > > With this patch, a typical invocation will be similar to one of the > following (where the default bridge is br0): I don't see why this option is specific to bridging. Surely it could be used in any system where you want to have a helper script open the tap device. Paul