From bf5361f9b8b00f85e93cddf853f8f7f449c8d8c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dor Laor <dor.laor@qumranet.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 12:17:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add NIC vendor option to kvm python script
It allows picking other NIC vendors than rtl8139.
Use --nictype=xxx, the ddefault is rtl8139.
Signed-off-by: Dor Laor <dor.laor@qumranet.com>
---
kvm | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kvm b/kvm
index 0374fbc..2a7dc85 100755
--- a/kvm
+++ b/kvm
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ optparser.add_option('--no-tap',
default = not privileged,
)
+optparser.add_option('--nictype',
+ help = 'use this specific nic type (vendor)',
+ dest = 'nictype',
+ default = 'rtl8139',
+ )
+
optparser.add_option('--mac',
help = 'use this specific mac addr',
dest = 'mac',
@@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ if not options.notap:
mac_components[0] = 'a0'
mac = ':'.join(mac_components)
- qemu_args += ('-net', 'nic,macaddr=%s,model=rtl8139' %
(mac,),
+ qemu_args += ('-net', 'nic,macaddr=%s,model=%s' %
(mac,options.nictype,),
'-net', 'tap,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup',)
if options.vnc:
--
1.5.3.3
