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    Path to the userspace KVM (or qemu) program.
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vnet\_hdr
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    Valid for the KVM hypervisor.
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    This boolean option determines whether the tap devices used by the
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    KVM paravirtual nics (virtio-net) will get created with VNET_HDR
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    (IFF_VNET_HDR) support.
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    If set to false, it effectively disables offloading on the virio-net
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    interfaces, which prevents host kernel tainting and log flooding,
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    when dealing with broken or malicious virtio-net drivers.
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    It is set to ``true`` by default.
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The ``-O (--os-parameters)`` option allows customisation of the OS
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parameters. The actual parameter names and values depends on the OS
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being used, but the syntax is the same key=value. For example, setting

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