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qemu-doc.texi: rewrite the documentation for the -net option
Addresses comments from Jamie Lokier. Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@5807 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
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| @@ -617,14 +617,14 @@ privilege to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client | @@ -617,14 +617,14 @@ privilege to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client | ||
| 617 | hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server. | 617 | hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server. |
| 618 | 618 | ||
| 619 | @item -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}] | 619 | @item -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}] |
| 620 | -Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and | ||
| 621 | -use the network script @var{file} to configure it. The default | ||
| 622 | -network script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup}. Use @option{script=no} to | ||
| 623 | -disable script execution. If @var{name} is not provided, the OS automatically | ||
| 624 | -provides one. Use network script @var{dfile} to deconfigure the interface. Use | ||
| 625 | -@option{downscript=no} to disable script execution. @option{fd}=@var{h} can be | ||
| 626 | -used to specify the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. | ||
| 627 | -Example: | 620 | +Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n}, use |
| 621 | +the network script @var{file} to configure it and the network script | ||
| 622 | +@var{dfile} to deconfigure it. If @var{name} is not provided, the OS | ||
| 623 | +automatically provides one. @option{fd}=@var{h} can be used to specify | ||
| 624 | +the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. The default network | ||
| 625 | +configure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup} and the default network | ||
| 626 | +deconfigure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifdown}. Use @option{script=no} | ||
| 627 | +or @option{downscript=no} to disable script execution. Example: | ||
| 628 | 628 | ||
| 629 | @example | 629 | @example |
| 630 | qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap | 630 | qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap |