On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com> wrote: > On 2012-05-24 11:38, Zhi Yong Wu wrote: >> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com> wrote: >>> On 2012-05-24 11:27, Zhi Yong Wu wrote: >>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Something mangled your reply and made it unreadable. Please retry. >>>> Sorry. let it look like below. Do you think of it? typ=hubport >>>> >>>> (qemu) info network >>>> virtio-net-pci.0: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 >>>> \ hub0port0: type=hubport, >>>> virtio-net-pci.1: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 >>>> \ hub1port0: type=hubport, >>>> virtio-net-pci.2: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 >>>> \ u: type=user,net=10.0.2.0,restrict=off >>>> e1000.0: type=nic,model=e1000,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:59 >>>> \ ur: type=user,net=10.0.2.0,restrict=off >>>> hub 1 >>>> port 1 peer user.1 >>>> port 0 peer virtio-net-pci.1 >>>> hub 0 >>>> port 1 peer user.0 >>>> port 0 peer virtio-net-pci.0 >>> >>> My question remains: What added value we get from listing the hubs with >>> its ports separately from the port connections? Also, how would this be >>> printed: >>> >>> -net user -net dump -net nic >> (qemu) info network >> virtio-net-pci.0: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 >> \ hub0port0: type=hubport, >> virtio-net-pci.1: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 >> \ hub1port0: type=hubport, >> hub 1 >> port 2 peer dump.0 >> port 1 peer user.1 >> port 0 peer virtio-net-pci.1 >> hub 0 >> port 1 peer user.0 >> port 0 peer virtio-net-pci.0 >> (qemu) >> >>> >>> The user should only be interested in the fact that user.0, dump.0 and >>> <some_nic>.0 are attached to the same hub, not to which port of that hub. >> OK, then let it seem like below. right? >> >> (qemu) info network >> virtio-net-pci.0: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 >> \ hub0port0: type=hubport, >> virtio-net-pci.1: type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 >> \ hub1port0: type=hubport, >> hub 1 >> \ dump.0 >> \ user.1 >> \ virtio-net-pci.1 >> hub 0 >> \ user.0 >> \ virtio-net-pci.0 >> (qemu) > > And, still, what is the added value of this verbose form compared to my They are same, i think. > compact proposal? Please don't remark that it's easier to implement. ;) The implementation is not one difficult thing, if we reach agreement about its layout. For those NIC which aren't in one hub, they should been kept compact with old qemu form.
> > Jan > > -- > Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 > Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- Regards, Zhi Yong Wu
