On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:17:15AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> Looks like Or has abandoned it. I have an updated version which works >> with new APIs, etc. Let me post it and we'll go from there. >> >> >>> I'm generally inclined to oppose the functionality as I don't think >>> it offers any advantages over the existing backends. >>> >> >> I patch it in and use it all the time. It's much easier to setup >> on a random machine than a bridged config. >> > > Having two things that do the same thing is just going to lead to user > confusion. They do not do the same thing. With raw socket you can use windows update without a bridge in the host, with tap you can't. > If the problem is tap is too hard to setup, we should try to > simplify tap configuration. The problem is bridge is too hard to setup. Simplifying that is a good idea, but outside the scope of the qemu project. > Regards, > > Anthony Liguori > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html