Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 07/13] Replace brSetInetAddress/brSetInetNetmask with brAddInetAddress

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 09:03, Laine Stump <laine@laine.org> wrote:

brSetInetAddress can only set a single IP address on the bridge, and uses a method (ioctl(SIOCSETIFADDR)) that only works for IPv4. Replace it and brSetInetNetmask with a single function that uses the external "ip addr add" command to add an address/prefix to the interface - this supports IPv6, and allows adding multiple addresses to the interface.

ioctl(SIOCSIFADDR) on AF_INET socket works for IPv4, on AF_INET6 socket works for IPv6 space. You need to create fd6=socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0) in brInit() and do ioctl() on fd6. -- Pawel