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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag
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Fabien Chouteau |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag |
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Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:56:13 +0200 |
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On 07/11/2012 04:22 PM, Corey Bryant wrote:
>
>
> On 07/10/2012 09:37 AM, Fabien Chouteau wrote:
>> On 07/10/2012 01:06 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> Il 10/07/2012 13:02, Fabien Chouteau ha scritto:
>>>>>>>> Bridge helper uses ioctl's not available on old Linux versions, we add
>>>>>>>> this flag to disable the build.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which ioctls? Please detect them, so that we can also work around them
>>>>>> perhaps.
>>>>>>
>>>> There SIOCBRADDIF at least, maybe it's the only one.
>>>
>>> So indeed you could also use SIOCDEVPRIVATE / BRCTL_ADD_IF if you were
>>> inclined to do so...
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have time to go deep into the code. It's not a
>> feature I plan to use, so the quickest solution for me is to disable it.
>>
>> Corey, I can see that you developed the bridge helper, can you please
>> take a look at this issue?
>>
>
> Apologies, I was out yesterday. I see your new patch series is progressing.
> I'll take over if/when you want.
>
Beside the --enable/--disable patch, there's another question for you.
Is it possible to implement qemu-bridge-adapter without SIOCBRADDIF?
Thanks,
--
Fabien Chouteau
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Fabien Chouteau, 2012/07/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/07/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Fabien Chouteau, 2012/07/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/07/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Fabien Chouteau, 2012/07/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Corey Bryant, 2012/07/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag,
Fabien Chouteau <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/07/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Corey Bryant, 2012/07/11
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag, Andreas Färber, 2012/07/10