On 05/12/2015 06:02 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Type "hubport" is valid only with -netdev.  Unfortunately, that's
> detected late and the error message doesn't explain why:
> 
>     $ qemu-system-i386 -net hubport,id=foo,hubid=0
>     qemu-system-i386: -net hubport,id=foo,hubid=0: Device 'hubport' could not be initialized
> 
> Improve the error message to "Parameter 'type' expects a net type".
> 
> Not fixed: -net hubport without the parameters required by -netdev
> hubport still asks for those parameters:
> 
>     $ qemu-system-i386 -net hubport
>     qemu-system-i386: -net hubport: Parameter 'hubid' is missing
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>  net/hub.c | 5 +----
>  net/net.c | 5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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