Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 588731] Re: PXE boot not working

[Michael Tokarev]

On 26.03.2012 19:18, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> There seems to be an issue with kvm virtual network interface being
> connected to a in-kernel bridge implementation.
> 
> When you configure networking that way the bridge port comes up when the
> kvm instance is started.
> 
> As the time from the kvm start to entering the netboot rom is minimal
> and the timeout before the bridge starts forwarding on new ports is long
> this may cause the machine never getting an address.
> 
> If you are using a bridge try setting the forwarding delay to a small
> value like:
> 
> iface vmbridge inet static
>  bridge_ports <probably should put some network interface name here - 
> undocumented>
>  address 10.10.10.1
>  netmask 255.255.255.0
>  post-up brctl setfd vmbridge 3

Use
  bridge_fd 0

here instead of these post-up things.

/mjt