On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 05:12:55PM +0100, Hani Benhabiles wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 02:05:03PM +0200, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:03:17AM +0100, Hani Benhabiles wrote:
> > > diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
> > > index 919af6e..6aaec1b 100644
> > > --- a/hmp-commands.hx
> > > +++ b/hmp-commands.hx
> > > @@ -1209,9 +1209,10 @@ ETEXI
> > > {
> > > .name = "host_net_add",
> > > .args_type = "device:s,opts:s?",
> > > - .params = "tap|user|socket|vde|netmap|dump [options]",
> > > + .params = "tap|user|socket|vde|bridge|dump [options]",
> >
> > Why did you delete "netmap"? I guess "bridge" should have been appended.
> >
>
> Because "netmap" fails the net_host_check_device() check:
>
> (qemu) host_net_add user
> (qemu) host_net_add foooo
> invalid host network device foooo
> (qemu) host_net_add netmap
> invalid host network device netmap
>
> Should "netmap" be added there ?
Probably because your QEMU was not built with (optional) netmap support.
It's primarily used on FreeBSD but there is Linux code as well:
https://code.google.com/p/netmap/
Stefan
