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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Capture network traffic to a tcpdump file - updated
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:29:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <475D6965.5010500@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712101539200.27959@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>   
>> Balazs Attila-Mihaly (Cd-MaN) wrote:
>>     
>>> Here goes v0.2 for my patch :-)
>>> Changes
>>> - now the option is a separate command line switch:
>>>   -net capture,vlan=2,file=test.pcap
>>>   
>>>       
>> Is it really necessary/useful to specify this on the command line since 
>> it can be controlled from the monitor?
>>     
>
> As was said in another mail, if you want to guarantee that _every_ packet 
> is logged, the command line is the most convenient.
>
> Besides, if you get your monitor support, why do you care about command 
> line support?
>   

It's just an issue of usability.  If you don't have to expose something 
two ways, then it's better not to.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
>
>   

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-10 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-10 10:45 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Capture network traffic to a tcpdump file - updated Balazs Attila-Mihaly (Cd-MaN)
2007-12-10 15:36 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-12-10 15:40   ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-10 16:29     ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2007-12-10 16:36       ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-10 17:53         ` Anthony Liguori
2007-12-10 19:28           ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-10 21:56             ` Anthony Liguori
2007-12-10 16:05   ` Paul Brook
2007-12-10 16:15     ` Anthony Liguori
2007-12-11  1:25   ` Thiemo Seufer
2007-12-11 22:28 ` andrzej zaborowski
2007-12-11 22:40   ` Paul Brook
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-10 16:20 Balazs Attila-Mihaly (Cd-MaN)

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