Re: [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

[Dor Laor <dor.laor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Ferry Huberts wrote:
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
> >
> >
> > I really recommend against using the kvm initscript... it is fragile
> > is broken.  On Fedora, you can use the standard initscripts (well,
> > they are fragile and broken too, but they are more complete than the
> > kvm initscript):
> >
> > [avi@blast ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-sw0
> > DEVICE=sw0
> > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > HWADDR=00:0F:EA:6E:1E:F0
> > ONBOOT=yes
> > TYPE=Bridge
> > DHCP_HOSTNAME=blast
> >
> > [avi@blast ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> > DEVICE=eth0
> > BRIDGE=sw0
> > HWADDR=00:0F:EA:6E:1E:F0
> > ONBOOT=yes
> > TYPE=Ethernet
> >
> >
> > This setup starts dhcp directly on the bridge, without the need to
> > move things around.  See especially the 'TYPE=Bridge' and 'BRIDGE=sw0'
> > statements.
> >
> > Is there a reason to use the kvm initscript instead of this?
> >
> no, just thought that since it's included in the kvm distribution I'd
> use it. Seemed a logical conclusion that this one would be the
> recommended way to do it. I'll just as happy convert to the distribution
> scripts now. But maybe it's a good idea then to remove the script and
> replace it with a text file on how to setup the config files. If you
> don't remove the script maybe the patch can go in? At least it makes the
> script more robust than it is.
>
> You seem to use the same MAC address for both your interfaces Avi. Is
> this on purpose?
>
> Ferry
>
Actually the propose was to have a script that can handle both creation 
of a bridge and bonding together.
Last time I checked I couldn't add a bridge over bonding.
It's also nice to have a distribution agnostic script but I agree that 
we should drop it since the its better to use
distribution tools instead.

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