id = 1090
title = "can't create rocker device because setting device array properties on the command line is broken"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2022-06-28T05:25:18.666Z"
closed_at = "2023-12-11T13:33:08.500Z"
labels = ["CLI", "Networking"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1090"
host-os = "debian sid"
host-arch = "x86_64"
qemu-version = "7.0"
guest-os = "any"
guest-arch = "x86_64"
description = """it does not accept the prop_array parameter:

```
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1g -cpu host -netdev socket,id=dev0,udp=10.10.10.227:30042,localaddr=:30042 -device rocker,len-ports=4,name=sw,len-ports=2,ports[0]=dev0
qemu-system-x86_64: -device rocker,len-ports=4,name=sw,len-ports=2,ports[0]=dev0: Property 'rocker.ports[0]' not found
```"""
reproduce = """1. just run the command"""
additional = """the latest qemu i find working is 6.1.1... if you start a fedora vm and `dnf install kernel-modules-internal` then the rocker ports appear and work properly...

thanks,
cs"""