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Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Document qemu-ifup on NetBSD


  • To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 09:21:58 +0100
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 12:03:00AM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Document that on NetBSD, the tap interface will be configured by the
> qemu-ifup script. Document the arguments, and XEN_DOMAIN_ID environnement
> variable.

You are missing a Signed-off-by tag here ;).

> ---
>  docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod 
> b/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
> index af058d4d3c..f6eb6c31fc 100644
> --- a/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
> +++ b/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
> @@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ add it to the relevant bridge). Defaults to
>  C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/vif-bridge> but can be set to any script. Some example
>  scripts are installed in C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR>.
>  
> +On NetBSD, HVM guests will always use
> +C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/qemu-ifup> to configure the tap interface. The first 
> argument
> +is the tap interface, the second is the bridge name. the environnement 
> variable
> +C<XEN_DOMAIN_ID> contains the domU's ID.

LGTM, but I would make it even less technical and more user focused:

Note on NetBSD HVM guests will ignore the script option for tap
(emulated) interfaces and always use C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/qemu-ifup> to
configure the interface in bridged mode.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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