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+QEMU refers to VLAN, but doesn't mean 802.1Q
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+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.
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+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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+This issue has finally been addressed here:
+https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=af1a5c3eb41521b4f090ad61
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