Re: [PATCH 0/6] Bridging support v2

[Thomas Graf <tgraf redhat com>]

On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 14:39 -0400, Pavel Simerda wrote:
> 2) the ifcfg way with connection name
> 
> UUID=2e1906b1-92a4-4206-b2d3-eecfd07241e9
> TYPE=Ethernet
> HWADDR=52:54:00:8e:93:da
> BRIDGE=Bridge

TYPE=Bridge
DEVICE=br0

> 
> 3) the ifcfg way with device name
> 
> UUID=2e1906b1-92a4-4206-b2d3-eecfd07241e9
> TYPE=Ethernet
> HWADDR=52:54:00:8e:93:da
> BRIDGE=wan2

Type=Ethernet
MASTER=br0

It's the very same syntax as when using initscripts.

> The only interesting message in the debug is:
> 
> NetworkManager[31436]: <warn> error monitoring device for netlink events: error processing netlink message: Object busy
> 
> Otherwise all configurations lead to just normal DHCP setup. The bridge is setup properly and up but the slave device is
> *not* added.
> 
> A single working configuration example to start with would be fine. It doesn't matter so much if
> it's based on ifcfg or keyfile but it should not require any other action then (1) creating and
> editing configuration files and (2) starting NetworkManager.

There is, see:
src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-bridge-main
src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-bridge-component