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| -rw-r--r-- | net/net.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -1036,19 +1036,23 @@ static int net_client_init1(const Netdev *netdev, bool is_netdev, Error **errp) if (is_netdev) { if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC || !net_client_init_fun[netdev->type]) { - error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "type", - "a netdev backend type"); + error_setg(errp, "network backend '%s' is not compiled into this binary", + NetClientDriver_str(netdev->type)); return -1; } } else { if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NONE) { return 0; /* nothing to do */ } - if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_HUBPORT || - !net_client_init_fun[netdev->type]) { - error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "type", - "a net backend type (maybe it is not compiled " - "into this binary)"); + if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_HUBPORT) { + error_setg(errp, "network backend '%s' is only supported with -netdev/-nic", + NetClientDriver_str(netdev->type)); + return -1; + } + + if (!net_client_init_fun[netdev->type]) { + error_setg(errp, "network backend '%s' is not compiled into this binary", + NetClientDriver_str(netdev->type)); return -1; } |