Re: [PATCH for 10.1 02/13] docs/system: reword the TAP notes to remove tarball ref

[Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> We don't ship the tarball and users should generally look to the
> distribution specific packaging.
>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/560
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
>  docs/system/devices/net.rst | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/devices/net.rst b/docs/system/devices/net.rst
> index 4d787c3aeb0..7d76fe88c45 100644
> --- a/docs/system/devices/net.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/devices/net.rst
> @@ -21,11 +21,17 @@ configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
>  Linux host
>  ^^^^^^^^^^
>
> -As an example, you can download the ``linux-test-xxx.tar.gz`` archive
> -and copy the script ``qemu-ifup`` in ``/etc`` and configure properly
> -``sudo`` so that the command ``ifconfig`` contained in ``qemu-ifup`` can
> -be executed as root. You must verify that your host kernel supports the
> -TAP network interfaces: the device ``/dev/net/tun`` must be present.
> +A distribution will generally provide specific helper scripts when it
> +packages QEMU. By default these are found at ``/etc/qemu-ifup`` and
> +``/etc/qemu-ifdown`` and are called appropriately when QEMU wants to
> +change the network state.
> +
> +If QEMU is being run as a non-privileged user you may need properly
> +configure ``sudo`` so that network commands in the scripts can be
> +executed as root.
> +
> +You must verify that your host kernel supports the TAP network
> +interfaces: the device ``/dev/net/tun`` must be present.
>
>  See :ref:`sec_005finvocation` to have examples of command
>  lines using the TAP network interfaces.
> --
> 2.47.2
>
>

Reviewed-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>