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Description of problem:
qemu emulation of e1000 nic does not follow the specification

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
qemu versions below 0.15.1


How reproducible:
Start a virtual machine with some OS that has no virtio and does not work with the old e1000-emulator. 

At least all SunOS 5.10 or OpenSolaris and Illumos based systems like Solaris 10, Nexenta, SmartOS, Illumian, ...  are affected.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a virtual machine with e1000 NIC in a network with a DHCP-server
2. let it run the OpenIndiana live DVD
http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/repos/
Latest ISO at this moment is
oi_151a_prestable2_repo.tar.bz2
3. wait until the Gnome desktop is shown

or use any other affected OS and try to use the network
  
Actual results:
See that when the Gnome desktop is shown the system does not get a DHCP lease, the Network Manager icon remains orange
(sending out packets works, return packets are not received). 
(sudo) password when selecting the Network Manager is "openindiana"



Expected results:
The system will get a DHCP lease and the network is functional (i.e. in the Gnome desktop the network icon will turn green)


Additional info:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/638955

Correction:
The OpenIndiana ISO's are in
http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/

latest is:
oi-dev-151a3-live-x86.iso 

http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/151a3/oi-dev-151a3-live-x86.iso

Alternatives:
other Illumos-based:
http://ftp.illumian.org/illumian1.0.iso
OpenSolaris-based:
http://downloads.nexenta.com/cdn/NexentaStor-Enterprise-3.1.2.iso.zip
or legacy-Solaris:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris10/overview/index.html

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This request was erroneously removed from consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, which is currently under development.  This request will be evaluated for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4.

Need to backport from upstream.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0527.html