[libvirt] Linux/sparc: brctl setfd fails, default network cannot start

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Fri Feb 13 16:26:56 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 03:20:06PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> 
> Here's another error, starting the default network:
> 
> <dgilmore> libvir: error : internal error '/usr/sbin/brctl setfd virbr0 0' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: set forward delay failed: Operation not supported
> <dgilmore> Failed to autostart network 'default': internal error '/usr/sbin/brctl setfd virbr0 0' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: set forward delay failed: Operation not supported 
> 
> Trying to use brctl manually on the same machine:
> 
> # /usr/sbin/brctl setfd virbr0 0
> set forward delay failed: Operation not supported
> 
> I'm getting info on what kernel version he's running.

Very odd, this smells like a kernel bug to me. I see no reason why the
'forward delay' parameter should not be available on Sparc, since this
bridge code is not arch specific. Perhaps a missing CONFIG option in
the Fedora sparc kernel build


Daniel
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