semantic: 0.246
other: 0.152
network: 0.150
device: 0.078
files: 0.047
graphic: 0.047
performance: 0.040
PID: 0.040
debug: 0.039
socket: 0.035
KVM: 0.034
vnc: 0.033
permissions: 0.030
boot: 0.029
network: 0.240
debug: 0.163
semantic: 0.159
other: 0.112
files: 0.078
PID: 0.046
device: 0.043
socket: 0.032
performance: 0.029
boot: 0.027
KVM: 0.023
permissions: 0.020
graphic: 0.015
vnc: 0.013

Confusing error report for missing vde support

The error that appears in qemu 0.15 is "parameter 'type' expects a network client type" when trying to use vde for networking as if the parameter is wrong, but the problem is that the executable was compiled without vde support.

Thanks for reporting this bug.

That certainly could be confusing.  However, practically speaking, since qemu was compiled without that support, it becomes more difficult for qemu to tell the difference between a unsupported but otherwise-valid type, and an invalid type.

Perhaps upstream would accept a (trivial) patch changing the message to always say "expects a valid network client type".  Even more helpful would be for that message to be followed by a list of valid, supported network types.

I think this has been fixed by this commit here:
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d139e9a6cf01b8c31f59
... so closing this ticket now.