[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-07-10 Thread Chuck Short
This should be fixed in precise, according to the comments in the bug report. Regards chuck ** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu.

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Rogério Vinhal Nunes
I don't want brcompat to control the bridge module. I want brcompat to make it possible to REPLACE the bridge kernel module with an OvS switch. Maybe I wasnt very clear on my environment. I have a host machine running the Xen Hypervisor. Xen Hypervisor works with bridged networking by setting a

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Dave Walker
** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917309 Title: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I don't want brcompat to control the bridge module. I want brcompat to make it possible to REPLACE the bridge kernel module with an OvS switch. OK. That's the purpose of brcompat. Thank you for the report. I'll see what I can do about fixing this upstream. -- You received this bug

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I posted a fix to ovs-dev for review: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-January/014352.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917309 Title: brcompatd works

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I pushed the fix to master and the branches for 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917309 Title: brcompatd works with brctl delif but

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
When I start the openvswitch initscript it doesn't remove the bridge module, but loads the brcompat module. brcompatd should not be enabled by default. Does this mean that you specifically enabled ovs-brcompatd, by installing the openvswitch-brcompat package and editing

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-16 Thread Rogério Vinhal Nunes
Yes, I manually enabled it in /etc/default/openvswitch. I used to make brcompatd work in 10.04 with a compiled version by doing a rmmod in bridge, loading brcompat and then restarting the network so that the bridge that was removed due to rmmod would reappear. But in 11.10 when I do rmmod the

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
Examining the openvswitch opening script I find that it only tries to remove the module if there are no bridges up. ...to prevent the script from destroying all of your bridges, if you have some configured. But what good is brcompatd if there are no bridges up? I think you misunderstand the