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

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

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