Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag

[Corey Bryant]

On 07/11/2012 10:57 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 11/07/2012 16:56, Fabien Chouteau ha scritto:
> > > > > > > > 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?
>
> Yes, with the (obsolete) SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl.  It has multiple
> subcommands, one of which is BRCTL_ADD_IF.
>
> Paolo

I'll test this out and provide a patch that uses BRCTL_ADD_IF if 
SIOCBRADDIF is undefined.

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Regards,
Corey