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Jim C. Brown a =E9crit :
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 07:50:29PM +0200, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote=
:
>=20
>>Is there any guideline about the network script ? Or should we add an=20
>>option to let the choice to the user if the network script is called or=
=20
>>not ?
>>
>>--=20
>>Jean-Christian de Rivaz
>>
>=20
>=20
> If it's persistent, the device should already have been set up before q=
emu gets
> its hands on it. Same goes for pre-created tuntaps that are passed via =
-tun-fd.
> Only the tap devices that qemu creates need to be set up by qemu, which=
 is the
> only case where we have to have the network script.
>=20

Thanks a lot for this! :-)

If I haven't make a mistake, this is how my proposed patch work. If it=20
don't work that way, please tell me to fix it.

--=20
Jean-Christian de Rivaz