[Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] [NEW] QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] [NEW] QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[guenthert]

Public bug reported:

Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu
refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged
ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's also
unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the
devices used to implement it are.

To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN, _please_
be removed from source and documentation and replaced with something
more suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that term for a
similiar concept)?

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Status in QEMU: New

Bug description:
Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's also unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the devices used to implement it are.

To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN, _please_ be removed from source and documentation and replaced with something more suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that term for a similiar concept)?

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] [NEW] QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[Mulyadi Santosa]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 09:32, guenthert <guenthert@gmail.com> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu
> refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged
> ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's also
> unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the
> devices used to implement it are.

Somehow I agree with this. I am just a casual Qemu user and back few
months ago, I got same confusion too. So I guess it's a good idea to
do

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[Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] Re: QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[Thomas Huth]

This issue has finally been addressed here:
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=af1a5c3eb41521b4f090ad61

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed

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Title:
  QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

Status in QEMU:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu
  refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged
  ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's
  also unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the
  devices used to implement it are.

  To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN,
  _please_ be removed from source and documentation and replaced with
  something more suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that
  term for a similiar concept)?

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[Qemu-devel] [Bug 658904] Re: QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

[Thomas Huth]

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q

Status in QEMU:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Throughout the (sparse) documentation and the cmd-line help text, Qemu
  refers to VLAN ("virtual" LANs), which are unrelated to 802.1Q (tagged
  ethernet) VLAN, which, IMHO is _very_ confusing. Beyond that, it's
  also unnecessary, as the network in question isn't "virtual", only the
  devices used to implement it are.

  To avoid further frustration and confusion, can the term VLAN,
  _please_ be removed from source and documentation and replaced with
  something more suitable? Perhaps vNIC (seems like VMware is using that
  term for a similiar concept)?

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