On 26.08.2015 05:47, Laine Stump wrote: > commit fc7b23db switched from using ioctl(SIOCBRADDBR) to using a > netlink RTM_NEWLINK message with an IFLA_INFO_KIND of "bridge", which > is the more modern way to create a bridge. However, although older > kernels (e.g. 2.6.32, in RHEL6/CentOS6) support creating *some* link > types with RTM_NEWLINK, they don't support creating bridges, and there > is no compile-time way to figure this out (since the "type" isn't an > enum, but rather a character string). > > This patch moves the body of the SIOCBRADDBR version of > virNetDevBridgeCreate() into a static function, calls the new function > from the original, and also calls the new function from the > RTM_NEWLINK version if the RTM_NEWLINK message generates an EOPNOTSUPP > error. > > This resolves: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252780 > --- > src/util/virnetdevbridge.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) ACK Michal -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list