Re: [libvirt] Re: Overriding vnetN with the <target> element in xml configuration not working

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 02:58:14AM +0200, Ahmed Medhat wrote: > Ok, so its kinda creepy now, it works with change the device name to > anything but vnetN. vnetNNN is an automatically generated device name pattern. We explicitly ignore any requested target dev with that naming pattern because manually specified name will almost certainly clash with an auto-generated one and cause the domain to fail to start. The same applies for 'vifNNNN' naming > This is what did work with me.. > > <interface type='bridge'> > <source bridge='virbr0'/> > <target dev="vn01"/> > <mac address='00:16:3e:6c:1f:9d'/> > </interface> > > This must be something with libvirtd code handling this specific > element directive. > > I will wait for someone to do any input for a while then fire up a bug report. It isn't a bug - it is delibrate. Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :|