On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> wrote: > > We don't ship the tarball and users should generally look to the > distribution specific packaging. > > Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/560 > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> > --- > docs/system/devices/net.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/system/devices/net.rst b/docs/system/devices/net.rst > index 4d787c3aeb0..7d76fe88c45 100644 > --- a/docs/system/devices/net.rst > +++ b/docs/system/devices/net.rst > @@ -21,11 +21,17 @@ configure it as if it was a real ethernet card. > Linux host > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > -As an example, you can download the ``linux-test-xxx.tar.gz`` archive > -and copy the script ``qemu-ifup`` in ``/etc`` and configure properly > -``sudo`` so that the command ``ifconfig`` contained in ``qemu-ifup`` can > -be executed as root. You must verify that your host kernel supports the > -TAP network interfaces: the device ``/dev/net/tun`` must be present. > +A distribution will generally provide specific helper scripts when it > +packages QEMU. By default these are found at ``/etc/qemu-ifup`` and > +``/etc/qemu-ifdown`` and are called appropriately when QEMU wants to > +change the network state. > + > +If QEMU is being run as a non-privileged user you may need properly > +configure ``sudo`` so that network commands in the scripts can be > +executed as root. > + > +You must verify that your host kernel supports the TAP network > +interfaces: the device ``/dev/net/tun`` must be present. > > See :ref:`sec_005finvocation` to have examples of command > lines using the TAP network interfaces. > -- > 2.47.2 > >
Reviewed-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidiana...@linaro.org>
