[ovs-dev] Bug#764847: openvswitch-switch: tuntap issues (commands)

[westlake]

(the earlier report can be deleted)

Have you been able to confirm/replicate this bug?

The url I've given exhibits a more broken case, but what I've 
encountered after checking the created tap device "almost" gets properly 
created.


On 13/10/14 11:21 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:24:19AM -0400, westlake wrote:
>> Package: openvswitch-switch
>> Version: 2.3.0+git20140819-2
>> Severity: important
>>
>> (I gave a previous message containing a link to the thread
>> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2011-October/005914.html  , but
>> over here in Debian, the device creates "half-way")
>>
>> ovs-vsctl add-port <bridge name> <tap dev> -- set Interface <tap dev>
>> type=tap
>>
>> ifconfig -a , would show it is created and in the "down" state
>>
>> applying, ip link set <tap device> up, ten starting a kvm reveals..
>>
>> dev/net/tun (<tap device>): Device or resource busy
>>
>> So the tap device gets created half-way..
>
> You filed this as a second bug report.  Was this meant as additional
> information for your first bug report (#764843)?
>