On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:05:46PM -0500, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi Folks, > > People currently using qemu(1) need to use a dirty static fd-based > trick to link the created interface to qemu(1). This is due to the > fact that 1) qemu doesn't check the return value of the stat(2) > syscall and 2) our tap(4) cloner device provide nothing to know the > created interface's unit. I fixed this by making the cloner device That's not true. You should have read tap(4)'s manual page. Besides, I have always told people how qemu was supposed to do that, and I think that someone had actually made a patch for qemu at some point but I guess it was lost. -- Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost "See the look on my face from staying too long in one place [...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling" KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.
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