[ovs-discuss] Can I add a manual bonded interface as a ovs port ?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:44:46AM +0800, netsurfed wrote:
> There is a "balance-alb" bond0 in my linux host, like this:
> 
> 
> Can I add this as a port to ovs bridge? like this:
> ovs-vsctl add-br ovsbr0
> ovs-vsctl add-port ovsbr0 bond0
> 
> 
> I know ovs can create bond using "ovs-vsctl add-bond BRIDGE PORT IFACE...". 
> However, that requires removing the original bond first. I don't want to do that.

Usually it works fine to add a Linux bond to an OVS bridge.