Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] Add basic version of bridge helper

2011-10-24 Thread Corey Bryant
On 10/23/2011 08:56 AM, Blue Swirl wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 15:07, Corey Bryantcor...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: This patch adds a helper that can be used to create a tap device attached to a bridge device. Since this helper is minimal in what it does, it can be given CAP_NET_ADMIN

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] Add basic version of bridge helper

2011-10-23 Thread Blue Swirl
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 15:07, Corey Bryant cor...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: This patch adds a helper that can be used to create a tap device attached to a bridge device.  Since this helper is minimal in what it does, it can be given CAP_NET_ADMIN which allows qemu to avoid running as root

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] Add basic version of bridge helper

2011-10-21 Thread Corey Bryant
This patch adds a helper that can be used to create a tap device attached to a bridge device. Since this helper is minimal in what it does, it can be given CAP_NET_ADMIN which allows qemu to avoid running as root while still satisfying the majority of what users tend to want to do with tap