2009/4/7 Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:30:02PM +0400, Anton Protopopov wrote: > > Hi. > > > > When I am trying to attach an interface > > <interface type='bridge'> > > <mac address='52:54:00:db:1a:bb'/> > > <source bridge='mkvebr0'/> > > </interface> > > libvirt reports me, that > > libvirt.libvirtError: this function is not supported by the > hypervisor: > > this device type cannot be attached > > > > Is there a legal way to attach a network interface to QEMU/KVM machine? > > Not at this time. The QEMU monitor interface doesn't provide sufficient > functionality to be able todo this, because there's no way to pass have > libvirt create & setup the TAP device, and then pass it to QEMU. The > QEMU monitor needs to gain the ability to do SCM_RIGHTS to accept an > open file handle before we can hotplug NICs in any useful manner. > And what about attaching a device to stopped machine? Stop, attach, and start. Just as temporary decision.
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