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tap: Allow specifying a bridge

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The tap backend is already using qemu-bridge-helper to attach tap
interface to a bridge but (unlike the bridge backend) it always uses
the default bridge name - br0.

This adds a "br" property support to the tap backend.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
Tested-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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Alexey Kardashevskiy 2016-09-13 17:11:54 +10:00 • committed by Jason Wang
parent fb56d323e2
commit 584613eacb
3 changed files with 13 additions and 6 deletions
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@ -1598,10 +1598,11 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
" configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str'\n"
#else
"-netdev tap,id=str[,fd=h][,fds=x:y:...:z][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]\n"
" [,helper=helper][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off]\n"
" [,br=bridge][,helper=helper][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off]\n"
" [,vhostfd=h][,vhostfds=x:y:...:z][,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]\n"
" [,poll-us=n]\n"
" configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str'\n"
" connected to a bridge (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE ")\n"
" use network scripts 'file' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_SCRIPT ")\n"
" to configure it and 'dfile' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_DOWN_SCRIPT ")\n"
" to deconfigure it\n"
@ -1888,8 +1889,8 @@ processed and applied to -net user. Mixing them with the new configuration
syntax gives undefined results. Their use for new applications is discouraged
as they will be removed from future versions.
@item -netdev tap,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}][,helper=@var{helper}]
@itemx -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}][,helper=@var{helper}]
@item -netdev tap,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}][,br=@var{bridge}][,helper=@var{helper}]
@itemx -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}][,br=@var{bridge}][,helper=@var{helper}]
Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n}.
Use the network script @var{file} to configure it and the network script
@ -1900,8 +1901,9 @@ automatically provides one. The default network configure script is
to disable script execution.
If running QEMU as an unprivileged user, use the network helper
@var{helper} to configure the TAP interface. The default network
helper executable is @file{/path/to/qemu-bridge-helper}.
@var{helper} to configure the TAP interface and attach it to the bridge.
The default network helper executable is @file{/path/to/qemu-bridge-helper}
and the default bridge device is @file{br0}.
@option{fd}=@var{h} can be used to specify the handle of an already
opened host TAP interface.