[ovs-dev] ovs-vswitchd start order on debian
Dietmar Maurer
dietmar at proxmox.com
Thu Dec 19 18:35:01 UTC 2013
> That was my understanding the first time around too. All I see you trying to do is
> creating a bridge with a single port and assigning IP address to it. So I am not
> sure why it matters if ovs-vswitchd starts late.
because we want to have working network devices early in the boot process.
Almost all services in runlevel 2 needs working network devices.
>Once it starts, the startup script
> should look at the /etc/network/interfaces file and create the bridge. And since
> you say that your interfaces file works during non boot up phase, your
> configuration must be correct.
Yes, that work, but the network device is activated too late.
All other service in runlevel 2 depends on working network devices, and thus fail.
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