Qrux wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
>> Qrux wrote:
>>
>>> Probably something like:
>>>
>>> BRIDGE_PORTS="eth0 eth1"
>> It's getting complicated. We then need to consider address1, dhcp2,
>> etc. What we have now works for kvm, but a general solution is more
>> difficult.
>
> No...I think you're thinking about an IP_FORWARD dual-homed
> situation, which would be two separate ifconfig.{X,Y} files. A
> bridge doesn't have that configuration. It's a single IP for the
> bridge interface, not the two separates ports. Should look like
> this:
I was mixing up the concepts although a bridge can certainly have more
than 2 connections. For our bridge, I agree that we only need to
support one ethx port.
I'll look at your other comment later. What I want to do is make sure
ifup/down is correct for the upcoming 7.1 release. The rest goes in
BLFS and can wait a few days if needed.
-- Bruce
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