Re: [libvirt] Re: device type 'interface' cannot be attached

----- "Gerry Reno" <greno(a)verizon.net&gt; wrote: > Gerry Reno wrote: > >> Gerry Reno wrote: >> >>> I'm using libvirt 0.6.2 on F11 x86_64 and CPU supports hw >>> virtualization. When I try to do 'virsh attach-interface ...' I get >>> an error that the function is not supported by the hypervisor device >>> type 'interface' cannot be attached. Is this command not supported? >>> Or is there something special I need to do? I found it in the man page. >>> >> I have a private network declared now, thank you Mark. >> >> And here is how I am trying to attach an interface: >> # cat PRIVBR0.xml >> <network> >> <name>PRIVBR0</name> >> <bridge name='privbr0'/> >> <ip address='172.19.0.1' netmask='255.255.0.0'> >> </ip> >> </network> >> >> # virsh net-list --all >> Name State Autostart >> ----------------------------------------- >> PRIVBR0 active yes >> default active no >> >> # virsh attach-interface CC bridge privbr0 >> error: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: device type >> 'interface' cannot be attached >> >> # grep emulator CC.xml >> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> >> >> >> I tried the 'attach-interface' both while the domain is running and >> while shutdown. Neither works. >> >> Can anyone see something wrong in what I'm doing here or the reason >> that 'attach-interface' is failing? >> >> -Gerry >> >> > I have also tried this as 'attach-device' with the same result: > > # cat INTERFACE_PRIVBR0.xml > <interface type='bridge'> > <mac address='00:0c:01:41:50:01'/> > <source bridge='privbr0'/> > </interface> > > # virsh attach-device CC INTERFACE_PRIVBR0.xml > error: Failed to attach device from INTERFACE_PRIVBR0.xml > error: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: device type > 'interface' cannot be attached > > I opened the following bug on this issue: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537688 > > Hot adding nics to qemu was added in libvirt 0.7