Fwd: Re: [Libvir] update after changing XML

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 05:57:51PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >My bridge section looks like this:
> >
> >    <interface type='bridge'>
> >      <source dev='br0'/>
> >      <target dev='vnet7'/>
> >      <mac address="11:22:33:44:EE:FC"/>
> >    </interface>
> >
> >Do I need to create the vnet7 device before hand?  I thought this might be 
> >something libvirt created on startup.  Or, is the define error related to 
> >something else?  My current XML file appears to be well formed.
> 
> Looking at the code, I think the error message is misleading.  In fact 
> the problem appears to be that you need to have:
> 
>      <interface type='bridge'>
>        <source bridge='br0'/>  <!-- NB -->
>        <target dev='vnet7'/>
>        <mac address="11:22:33:44:EE:FC"/>
>      </interface>
> 
> Dan is this intended behaviour or a bug?

The error message is wrong - the syntax you show with bridge='br0' is
the intended format.

Regards,
Dan.
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