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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Capture network traffic to a tcpdump file
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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

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
>
>
>