Re: [PATCH] qemu-options: Improve description for -smb option

["Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>]

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On Sunday 10 August 2025 15:09:48 Pali Rohár wrote:
> +cc slirp & network maintainers
> 
> On Saturday 02 August 2025 13:05:49 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > Add #PRE and #NOFNR flags to LMHOSTS example line.
> > Include information about LMHOSTS path on Windows 3.x.
> > 
> > Windows NT 3.1 requires #NOFNR flag for successful hostname resolving as
> > described in MS article Q103765 because qemu/smbd does not respond to
> > netbios name verification queries. #PRE is suggested in that article too
> > and decrease delay on Windows 3.x for the first connection.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  qemu-options.hx | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> > index ab23f14d2178..d5654756f125 100644
> > --- a/qemu-options.hx
> > +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> > @@ -3307,10 +3307,10 @@ SRST
> >  
> >          ::
> >  
> > -            10.0.2.4 smbserver
> > +            10.0.2.4 smbserver #PRE #NOFNR
> >  
> > -        must be added in the file ``C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS`` (for windows
> > -        9x/Me) or ``C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS`` (Windows
> > +        must be added in the file ``C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS`` (for Windows
> > +        3x/9x/Me) or ``C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS`` (Windows
> >          NT/2000).
> >  
> >          Then ``dir`` can be accessed in ``\\smbserver\qemu``.
> > -- 
> > 2.20.1
> >