In FreeBSD, the 'SIOCSIFNAME' is not a supported ioctl call for tap
device. However, the current OVS code uses it to rename the 'internal'
interface in dpif-netdev datapath and causes 'ENODEV' error.
This commit fixes it by removing the rename and just using the default
tap device name.
Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <al...@nicira.com>
---
lib/netdev-bsd.c | 15 +--------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/netdev-bsd.c b/lib/netdev-bsd.c
index 00e8bcd..e6663f9 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-bsd.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-bsd.c
@@ -335,22 +335,9 @@ netdev_bsd_construct_tap(struct netdev *netdev_)
goto error_unref_notifier;
}
- /* Change the name of the tap device */
-#if defined(SIOCSIFNAME)
- ifr.ifr_data = (void *)name;
- error = af_inet_ioctl(SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
- if (error) {
- destroy_tap(netdev->tap_fd, ifr.ifr_name);
- goto error_unref_notifier;
- }
- kernel_name = xstrdup(name);
-#else
- /*
- * NetBSD doesn't support inteface renaming.
- */
+ /* Tap device does not support renaming. */
VLOG_INFO("tap %s is created for bridge %s", ifr.ifr_name, name);
kernel_name = xstrdup(ifr.ifr_name);
-#endif
/* set non-blocking. */
error = set_nonblocking(netdev->tap_fd);
--
1.7.9.5
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