On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:35:31AM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > On 04/18/2017 04:43 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > > If one cannot tell libvirt "there is br0, even if netcf doesn't tell you > > about it, please offer it to your users as available", then yes, that's > > the issue. > > You are correct that the netcf in debian is old and limited. The initial > port for debian was written by someone who isn't a regular debian user, > with the hope that a debian developer would take over maintenance, but > not much has happened. I have seen that the package is up for adoption, and somebody has offered to help (see http://bugs.debian.org/839082), and since I am a Debian Developer, I have tried to get in touch with Lorenzo, who has offered to help, and will see what I can do to give netcf in Debian the love it needs. > If your aim is to have something selectable from a list, then you can > always just define a libvirt virtual network that references the > existing system bridge: > > > <network> > <name>br0</name> > <forward mode='bridge'/> > <bridge name='br0'/> > </network> > > (put this in a file, then use "virsh net-define $filename && virsh > net-start br0 && virsh net-autostart br0") > > Now a *network* named "br0" will show up in the selection list. Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for! Implemented. > But for your purposes, my first suggestion should suffice. It does. > >> The networking is a little bit complicated because each linux distribution > >> uses a different configuration tools/files and virt-manager/libvirt/netcf > >> simply tries to provide as much as possible. > > > > And netcf in Debian is not very current :-( > > > > Frankly, I don't think that it is possible to have a single library that > > can parse all distribution-specific methods of network configuration, > > Even within one distro (and in some cases within one configuration > method on one distro) there can be multiple ways to describe the same > setup, which makes the whole thing very cumbersome... Indeed. Again, thanks for helping. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
