On 11/02/2012 12:17 PM, Gene Czarcinski wrote: > Virt-manager lacks support for DHCPv6 and some other aspects of IPv6. If you > want the following entered into bugzilla, I will do so but I thought that > something to the list first might help. > > DHCPv6 support is in the process of being added to libvirt. The update is > pretty much complete and lack some additional testing I want to do and plus > updating the documentation so that folks will know how to use it. > Hi Gene, thanks for the info. Please file bugs about any issues you hit so they are at least tracked. > 1. There is a lack of communication between what virsh net-* does and > virt-manager. If virsh makes changes, the old values remain with virt-manager. > Can you give an example? Do you mean state changes or XML changes? > 2. If virsh is used to add a IPv6 dhcp-range to a network definition, > virt-manager appears to get completely confused about that device ... it > should at least tolerate it! > Agreed, any issues like that should be fixed ASAP and I'm willing to help. > 3. I should be able to specify an IPv6 (gateway) address with VM. > > 4. I should be able to create a virtual network with either IPv6 or IPv4 or > both defined. > > 5. I should be able to specify a dhcp-range for an IPv6 subnet. > These feature requests are good to track, but honestly they won't likely ever get done unless someone steps up to work on them. I would be happy to review patches, provide guidance, even help with the UI bits if someone started the process. > If VM was written in C I might be able to be more direct help. But, it is > written in python and my learning curve to get proficient enough would be on > the long-side. > > Is there any chance at least some of this will be addressed sooner rather than > later? > As mentioned above, anything that's a bug and makes virt-manager crash or complain should get fixed ASAP and I'm willing to help with that. Feature additions will generally require someone else to push them. - Cole _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
