Re: [libvirt] How can I attach a network interface to KVM machine

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 02:35:41PM +0400, Anton Protopopov wrote: > 2009/4/7 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:30:02PM +0400, Anton Protopopov wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > When I am trying to attach an interface > > > <interface type='bridge'> > > > <mac address='52:54:00:db:1a:bb'/> > > > <source bridge='mkvebr0'/> > > > </interface> > > > libvirt reports me, that > > > libvirt.libvirtError: this function is not supported by the > > hypervisor: > > > this device type cannot be attached > > > > > > Is there a legal way to attach a network interface to QEMU/KVM machine? > > > > Not at this time. The QEMU monitor interface doesn't provide sufficient > > functionality to be able todo this, because there's no way to pass have > > libvirt create & setup the TAP device, and then pass it to QEMU. The > > QEMU monitor needs to gain the ability to do SCM_RIGHTS to accept an > > open file handle before we can hotplug NICs in any useful manner. > > > And what about attaching a device to stopped machine? > Stop, attach, and start. Just as temporary decision. You can already add devices to stopped machines just by defining a new config file for them. We do need to make the attach/detach APIs for with inactive guests too for QEMU driver, since we allow this in the Xen driver already and there's no particular reason to deny it.

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