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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 52143cfb8f..2614eea4d7 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -3393,6 +3393,46 @@ SRST -device virtio-net,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \\ -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=inet,addr.host=localhost,addr.port=1234 +``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=unix,addr.path=path[,abstract=on|off][,tight=on|off]`` + Configure a network backend to connect to another QEMU virtual machine or a proxy using a stream oriented unix domain socket. + + ``server=on|off`` + if ``on`` create a server socket + + ``addr.path=path`` + filesystem path to use + + ``abstract=on|off`` + if ``on``, this is a Linux abstract socket address. + + ``tight=on|off`` + if false, pad an abstract socket address with enough null bytes to make it fill struct sockaddr_un member sun_path. + + Example (using passt as a replacement of -netdev user): + + .. parsed-literal:: + + # start passt server as a non privileged user + passt + UNIX domain socket bound at /tmp/passt_1.socket + # start QEMU to connect to passt + |qemu_system| linux.img \\ + -device virtio-net,netdev=net0 \\ + -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/passt_1.socket + + Example (two guests connected using a stream oriented unix domain socket): + + .. parsed-literal:: + + # first VM + |qemu_system| linux.img \\ + -device virtio-net,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \\ + netdev stream,id=net0,server=on,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/qemu0 + # second VM + |qemu_system| linux.img \\ + -device virtio-net,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \\ + -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/qemu0 + ``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=fd,addr.str=file-descriptor`` Configure a network backend to connect to another QEMU virtual machine or a proxy using a stream oriented socket file descriptor. |