Re: [Qemu-devel] loadvm and tap problem (perhaps a bug?!)

[Lonnie Mendez]

On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 02:17 +0100, The Moon Seeker wrote:
> 
> phase 1 (first boot)
> 
> brctl addbr link1
> 
> qemu -hda PC1.cow -hdb fat:qemuconfigs/pc1  -net 
> nic,macaddr=00:ab:cd:7a:91:8c -net 
> tap,script=pc1.eth1.sh,ifname=pc1.eth1 -net 
> nic,macaddr=00:ab:cd:28:14:c1 -net 
> tap,script=pc1.eth0.sh,ifname=pc1.eth0 -m 128 -serial 
> tcp::3001,server,nowait -monitor tcp::4001,server,nowait
> 
> qemu -hda PC2.cow -hdb fat:qemuconfigs/pc2  -net 
> nic,macaddr=00:ab:cd:51:66:69 -net 
> tap,script=pc2.eth0.sh,ifname=pc2.eth0 -net 
> nic,macaddr=00:ab:cd:2b:97:d7 -net 
> tap,script=pc2.eth1.sh,ifname=pc2.eth1 -m 128 -serial 
> tcp::3000,server,nowait -monitor tcp::4000,server,nowait
> 
> the tap scripts :
> 
> pc1.eth0
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig $1 0
> sudo brctl addif link1 $1
> 
> pc1.eth1
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig $1 0
> 
> pc2.eth0
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig $1 0
> sudo brctl addif link1 $1
> 
> pc2.eth0
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig $1 0
> 
> # at this point I can ping each vm
> 
> phase 2 (save vm state):
> 
> from each vm :
> 
> ctrl+alt+2, then
> savevm pc1.stm
> savevm pc2.stm
> 
> phase 3 (stop vm and delete the bridge) :
> 
> brctl delbr link1
> 
> phase 3 (reboot the vm and the network from state machine):
> 
> brctl addbr link1

You shouldn't have to delete the bridge interface - in fact deleting it
and then starting the qemu sessions without a bridge present invalidates
the qemu-ifup scripts usage of the bridge link1.