[ovs-discuss] : Problem compatibility between linux bridge, ovs bridge, libvirt, virt-manager

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 04:21:08PM +0200, Maxime JÉGO wrote:
> When i add a bridge with this command :( ovs-vsctl add-br br0) i can
> see this following result when i use this command (brctl show)
> 
> -> [root@******** ~]# brctl show
> bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
> br0		/sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> /sys/class/net/br0/bridge: No such file or directory
> 0000.0040f4b52a46	no	

Yes, some versions of "brctl" don't support "show" in conjunction with
brcompat.  I suggest using a different version of "brctl", or avoiding
"brctl show" (or brcompat).  We would also accept patches that allow
the unsupported version of "brctl" to work.