Neat. Thanks /Jd
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, Alberto Treviño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Alberto Treviño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: KVM Management : Public Bridge setup > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "KVM List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 8:12 PM > On Friday 08 August 2008 08:18:26 pm jd wrote: > > The /etc/qemu-if script seems to be taking the > interface as a > > parameter, is there a way to pass the bridge name to > the script as well. > > Thus from the command line one can pass the bridge > that one whats to > > attach to. (One can potentially one script for each > bridge and pass the > > script name to qemu... but it seems bit unnecessary.) > > I name my tap devices (using ifname=...) as follows: > > tap.br0.05.1 > > where > tap -- this is a tap device > br0 -- the name of the bridge > 05 -- the ID of the VM (each of my VM's has a > unique numeric ID) > 1 -- The NIC # on the VM (1, 2, 3, or 4 depending on # > of NIC's) > > Then on my scripts I can extract the bridge name and use > it. This also has > the advantage of helping me know just by the name what > bridge this devices > is hooked up to, what VM it belongs to, and which NIC it is > inside the VM. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
