We should gracefully skip startup when: * No network.conf firewall_backend is explicitly set, and neither iptables/nftables are present * Running unprivileged
The former fixes libvirtd startup on non-Linux, or minimal linux installs without firewall tools. The latter skips pointless initialization that creates a driver that cannot do anything useful Daniel P. Berrangé (2): network: skip network driver init if no firewall backend is present network: don't attempt to initialize if non-privileged src/network/bridge_driver.c | 14 +++++++++++++- src/network/bridge_driver_conf.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.45.1
