On 2012-05-24 11:38, Zhi Yong Wu wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 2012-05-24 11:27, Zhi Yong Wu wrote: >>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 compact proposal? Please don't remark that it's easier to implement. ;) Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- 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