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Henrik Nordstrom a =E9crit :

> The proposal by Fabrice looks better to me
>=20
> -net usernet,macaddr=3D00:11:a:0:2:19 -net tunfd=3D10,macaddr=3D00:11:a=
:0:1:19
>=20
> this way the syntax can easily be extended with new options as needed,=20
> and the exact order of things is not important (you just specify the ne=
t=20
> parameters as needed).
>=20
> Only objection is that for the tunfd case I would use
>=20
>   -net tap,fd=3D10,macaddr=3D...
>=20
>> For the tap type we could have a 3rd optional parameter for the name,=20
>> e.g. -net tap,macaddr,name (with name defaulting to tapX if its not=20
>> specified).
>=20
>=20
> What about this:
>=20
>    -net tap,ifname=3Dqemu0,macaddr=3D...

I like it.

--=20
Jean-Christian de Rivaz