Re: [libvirt] [RFC][PATCH v2 2/2] Automatically recreate macvtap interface and reconnect to qemu

2010-03-09 Thread Stefan Berger
libvir-list-boun...@redhat.com wrote on 03/08/2010 07:29:59 PM: [image removed] [libvirt] [RFC][PATCH v2 2/2] Automatically recreate macvtap interface and reconnect to qemu Ed Swierk to: libvir-list 03/08/2010 07:45 PM Sent by: libvir-list-boun...@redhat.com (See

[libvirt] [RFC][PATCH v2 2/2] Automatically recreate macvtap interface and reconnect to qemu

2010-03-08 Thread Ed Swierk
(See the PATCH 0 email for further discussion.) --- The libvirt qemu driver creates a macvtap interface for each defined direct network interface, but unlike a tap interface that is owned by the process that creates it, a macvtap interface vanishes when the underlying network device goes away.