[ovs-dev] [PATCH] patch to remove standard linux bridge on startup of openvswitch
Patrick Mullaney
pm.mullaney at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 21:38:53 UTC 2010
On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 12:04 -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 01:48:13PM -0500, Patrick Mullaney wrote:
> > openvswitch: starting on a system with the native bridge loaded fails
>
> This is expedient for now, but in the long term Open vSwitch will be
> able to coexist with the Linux bridge, so I wonder whether it sets a bad
> precedent. Do we really want OVS unconditionally tearing down all the
> bridges?
>
> Would it make more sense to try to remove the bridge module if it is
> there, but allow it to fail if there are any existing bridges? This
> would be more forward-compatible.
I agreed with your sentiment on first thought, but then, when I went
through the process to install openvswitch and enable it, I had
second thoughts when it doesn't work and I worry that people
will just get frustrated. Perhaps the script should re-enable
all the configured bridges after the swap - I'll think about
that one as a better alternative. Otherwise, I'm fine with
your suggestion and will just do that.
Thanks.
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben.
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