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d33d93b2 08/01/2012 02:28 pm Stefan Hajnoczi

net: Use hubs for the vlan feature

Stop using the special-case vlan code in net.c. Instead use the hub net
client to implement the vlan feature. The next patch will remove vlan
code from net.c completely.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>...
6687b79d 07/23/2012 01:55 pm Laszlo Ersek

convert net_client_init() to OptsVisitor

The net_client_init() prototype is kept intact.

Based on "is_netdev", the QemuOpts-rooted QemuOpt-list is parsed as a
Netdev or a NetLegacy. The original meat of net_client_init() is moved to
and simplified in net_client_init1():...
08c573a8 07/23/2012 01:55 pm Laszlo Ersek

convert net_init_tap() to NetClientOptions

Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>
1a0c0958 07/23/2012 01:55 pm Laszlo Ersek

remove unused QemuOpts parameter from net init functions

v1->v2:
- unchanged

v2->v3:
- keep "qemu-option.h" included in "net/slirp.h"

Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>
42dcc547 06/04/2012 07:49 pm Luiz Capitulino

net: purge the monitor object from all init functions

The only backend that really uses it is the socket one, which calls
monitor_get_fd(). But it can use 'cur_mon' instead.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <>
Reviewed-By: Laszlo Ersek <>
a7c36ee4 02/02/2012 12:24 am Corey Bryant

Add support for net bridge

The most common use of -net tap is to connect a tap device to a bridge. This
requires the use of a script and running qemu as root in order to allocate a
tap device to pass to the script.

This model is great for portability and flexibility but it's incredibly...
445d892f 09/07/2010 08:27 pm Michael S. Tsirkin

tap: add APIs for vnet header length

Add APIs to control host header length. First user
will be vhost-net.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
95d528a2 04/01/2010 09:56 pm Michael S. Tsirkin

tap: add interface to get device fd

Will be used by vhost to attach/detach to backend.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
b202554c 04/01/2010 09:56 pm Michael S. Tsirkin

tap: add API to retrieve vhost net header

will be used by virtio-net for vhost net support

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
9c282718 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move UFO support detection to tap-linux.c

Only supported on Linux

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
15ac913b 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move tap_set_sndbuf() to tap-linux.c

TUNSETSNDBUF is only available on linux

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
dc69004c 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move tap_probe_vnet_hdr() to tap-linux.c

Only Linux has support for IFF_VNET_HDR

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
1faac1f7 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move tap_set_offload() code into tap-linux.c

TUNSETOFFLOAD is only available on Linux

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
a8ed73f7 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move more stuff into net/tap-win32.c, add net/tap.h

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
e7e92325 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: split BSD tap_open() out into net/tap-bsd.c

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>
966ea5ec 10/30/2009 03:39 pm Mark McLoughlin

net: move solaris code to net/tap-solaris.c

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>