[PATCH v3] Document qemu-ifup on NetBSD

Manuel Bouyer posted 1 patch 3 years, 1 month ago
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docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
[PATCH v3] Document qemu-ifup on NetBSD
Posted by Manuel Bouyer 3 years, 1 month ago
Document that on NetBSD, the tap interface will be configured by the
qemu-ifup script.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@netbsd.org>
Release-Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>
---
 docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod b/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
index af058d4d3c..8e5fd909fa 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
+++ b/docs/man/xl-network-configuration.5.pod
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ 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>.
 
+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.
 
 =head2 ip
 
-- 
2.29.2