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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add pcap-based host network bridge
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Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Consul wrote:
>> Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>>> That's really too bad. pcap-based networking works flawless on windows.
>>> Guest <-> host and guest <-> world communication works just fine.
>>> According to the previous threads about pcap-based networking it also
>>> should work fine on FreeBSD.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe make it compile conditionally for Windows only? Would you 
>> consider such patch?
>> It would really be a valuable feature.
> 
> I did rebase the patch against git master and it still seems to work. I 
> can post it if there
> is any interest.
> 
> - Sebastian
> 

Yes, please post. I also have it rebased in my tree and it still works great.
Easier to configure than TAP for sure. Maybe if we'll bug the list often
enough and loud enough, it finally gets through.

Alex.