I have a question about software bridge setup (initscripts).
If one sets up a bridge network:
ifcfg-eth0:
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BRIDGE=br0
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BRIDGE=br0
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ifcfg-br0
DEVICE=br0
TYPE=Bridge
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=nnn.nnn.nnn.255
IPADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=nnn.nnn.nnn.0
ONBOOT=yes
Deep in the guts of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth all of the
proper magic using brutil is done EXCEPT it does not put the NICs into
promisc mode. ALL of the documentation for setting up a software bridge
talks about setting the NICs into promisc mode.
My question: Which is wrong? The documentation for setting up a
software bridge? OR /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth?
*I* have patched /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth to include the
line:
/sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} promisc on
just after the lines
/sbin/ip addr flush dev ${DEVICE} 2>/dev/null
/sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} up
Should I file a bug report? In the CentOS bugzilla or the RHEL bugzilla
(I am not a subscriber to Red Hat's support services)?
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