[libvirt] [RFC Incomplete Patch] Libvirt + Openvswitch
Dan Wendlandt
dan at nicira.com
Wed Feb 1 18:59:30 UTC 2012
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > I do like the idea of using the virtual port construct even in the
>> > initial <interface> only case. For example:
>> >
>> > <interface type='bridge'>
>> > <bridge name='br0'>
>> > <virtualport type="openvswitch">
>> > <parameters interfaceid='xyzzy'/>
>> > </virtualport>
>> > </interface>
>
> NB, type='bridge' technically refers to the *concept* of bridging
> an interface to a LAN, not the implemntation of Linux software
> bridging. Thus it shouldn't change for OpenVSwitch which is also
> providing bridging to the LAN here.
That makes sense. We'll stick with the example above.
Dan
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
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