[libvirt] Bridge interface and script

[John Levon]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:54:58AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

> > With current libvirt, it's not possible to specify a script for
> > VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE. Is this just an oversight, or intentional?
> 
> That's intentional - if you want to use a generic network script then
> use the type=ethernet style of network config instead of type=bridge

OK, why? Is there a reason for this restriction?

> > Suggestions on how to fix this? Should I just add script handling to
> > this net type?
> 
> If the Solaris VIF setup script isn't called 'vif-bridge', then we can
> just #ifdef the alternate name required for Solaris & everything else
> should just work

Nope, since we have at least two standard scripts that are usable. Also,
this is a back-compat issue (presumably, even for Linux...) that I don't
think we can avoid.

regards
john