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Re: [PATCH] docs: stop documenting the e1000 NIC model as the default
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Thomas Huth |
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Re: [PATCH] docs: stop documenting the e1000 NIC model as the default |
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Thu, 9 Jan 2020 13:48:52 +0100 |
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On 09/01/2020 13.29, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> The default NIC model for QEMU varies per machine type, and is liable to
> change across machine type versions. Documenting e1000 NIC as the
> default for PC/i386 is thus misleading to users at best. In particular
> the PC q35 machine type switched to use e1000e, but only in machine
> type versions after 2.11.
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> Rather than try to explain which NIC model is used for each machine
> type version, remove mention of e1000 as the default, and steer users
> towards always specifying their desired model.
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> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
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> qemu-options.hx | 12 +++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>