Re: [libvirt] RFC: configuring host interfaces with libvirt

Hi David, On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 22:23 +0000, David Lutterkort wrote: > > > <bridge name="br0" stp="off" onboot="yes"> >>> <member device="eth2"/> >>> <dhcp peerdns="yes"/> >>> </bridge> >> I don't think we want to define a bridge here, but more that an >> interface is shared - i.e. this is a property of eth2. Note this line. >> The main concern is that this is the way I'd expect NetworkManager to >> support it - i.e. that you could configure NetworkManager to share eth0, >> rather than ask it to create br0 and add eth0 to it. >> >> If you just want to create a bridge, you can creati a virtual network.

> Is it possible to use DHCP to configure the bridge device itself using > that, similar to what's described in [1] ? And have guest's DHCP > requests forwarded across the bridge ? The docs only talk about static > IP assignments for the bridge device. That configuration is what I'm calling a "shared physical interface". I wouldn't be surprised if NetworkManager could only be used for this exact configuration rather than any possible variation of bridge configuration. Which is why I'm suggesting just using a "shared" property on a interface - this property would imply the creation of a bridge.