On 09 juil. 2024 12:53, Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> wrote: > Control: tag -1 + moreinfo unreproducible > > 09.07.2024 12:09, Christian Marillat wrote: >> Package: qemu-system-ppc >> Version: 1:9.0.1+ds-1 >> Severity: serious >> Dear Maintainer, >> My working configuration with 1:8.2.5+ds-2 was: >> ,---- >> | -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:67,model=virtio -net tap >> `---- >> Now with 1:9.0.1+ds-1 qemu-system-ppc64 doesn't start. >> Apparently NIC support is missing: > > I don't know what "NIC support is missing" means. Qemu can't be built > without support for networking. The -nic option is obsolete for a long > time, that's true, but it works still.
Missing network card support. If the -nic option (and -net option) are obsolete why these options are still documented in the manpage ? > The above command (with additional parameters specifying image file and > other stuff) works for me just fine. > >> ,---- >> | $ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -net nic,model=help > > Do not run qemu as root. > >> | qemu-system-ppc64: warning: hub port hub0port0 has no peer >> | qemu-system-ppc64: warning: netdev hub0port0 has no peer >> | qemu-system-ppc64: warning: requested NIC (#net062, model help) >> | was not created (not supported by this machine?) >> `---- > > What do you expect here? Is the problem you're reporting boils > down to missing support for -net nic,model=help (for obsolete > option -nic)? If yes, perhaps the bug title is wrong? -net nic,model=help should display a list of available network devices. All these command line options come from the manpage. Christian
