From d3e0c032f52f4fb855f9bd2892ebd175a9d975a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Huth Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:40:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] options: Add documentation for filter-dump Add a short description for the filter-dump command line options. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Jason Wang --- qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index edee5f4844..949db7f2ea 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2012,6 +2012,7 @@ qemu -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,sha Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default). At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file format is libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark. +Note: For devices created with '-netdev', use '-object filter-dump,...' instead. @item -net none Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to @@ -3665,6 +3666,13 @@ queue @var{all|rx|tx} is an option that can be applied to any netfilter. @option{tx}: the filter is attached to the transmit queue of the netdev, where it will receive packets sent by the netdev. +@item -object filter-dump,id=@var{id},netdev=@var{dev},file=@var{filename}][,maxlen=@var{len}] + +Dump the network traffic on netdev @var{dev} to the file specified by +@var{filename}. At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. +The file format is libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump +or Wireshark. + @end table ETEXI