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| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/guestfs.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index f6f1735d..cf0591d4 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([drive-if], [with_drive_if=ide]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DRIVE_IF],["$with_drive_if"],[Default drive interface.]) +dnl Set interface used by the network. Normally you should +dnl leave this at the default (virtio) but you can use the +dnl alternative (ne2k_pci) because of bugs in virtio networking +dnl eg. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516022 +AC_ARG_WITH([net-if], + [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-net-if], + [set default net driver (virtio|ne2k_pci) @<:@default=virtio@:>@])], + [], + [with_net_if=virtio]) +AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([NET_IF],["$with_net_if"],[Default network interface.]) + dnl Check for febootstrap etc. AC_CHECK_PROG([FEBOOTSTRAP], [febootstrap],[febootstrap],[no]) diff --git a/src/guestfs.c b/src/guestfs.c index de632751..186c5708 100644 --- a/src/guestfs.c +++ b/src/guestfs.c @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ guestfs_launch (guestfs_h *g) } #endif add_cmdline (g, "-net"); - add_cmdline (g, "nic,model=virtio,vlan=0"); /* model=ne2k_pci also works */ + add_cmdline (g, "nic,model=" NET_IF ",vlan=0"); /* These options recommended by KVM developers to improve reliability. */ if (qemu_supports (g, "-no-hpet")) |