Please note that even if this bug is verified in lucid/maverick, there are two other bugs that have been waiting a while in qemu-kvm in lucid and maverick, which will block this fix from moving to -updates until they are verified too:
lucid: bug #786941 - Cannot boot from non-existent NIC
maverick: bug #719448 - The "once" parameter does not work with "-boot"
So, anybody verifying this bug in one of those releases, please go there and verify the respective fix as well to speed the propagation to -updates.
Please note that even if this bug is verified in lucid/maverick, there are two other bugs that have been waiting a while in qemu-kvm in lucid and maverick, which will block this fix from moving to -updates until they are verified too:
lucid:
bug #786941 - Cannot boot from non-existent NIC
maverick:
bug #719448 - The "once" parameter does not work with "-boot"
So, anybody verifying this bug in one of those releases, please go there and verify the respective fix as well to speed the propagation to -updates.