Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-bridge-helper configure flag

[Corey Bryant]

On 07/10/2012 09:37 AM, Fabien Chouteau wrote:
> On 07/10/2012 01:06 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > Il 10/07/2012 13:02, Fabien Chouteau ha scritto:
> > > > > > > Bridge helper uses ioctl's not available on old Linux versions, we add
> > > > > > > this flag to disable the build.
> > > > >
> > > > > Which ioctls?  Please detect them, so that we can also work around them
> > > > > perhaps.
> > > There SIOCBRADDIF at least, maybe it's the only one.
> >
> > So indeed you could also use SIOCDEVPRIVATE / BRCTL_ADD_IF if you were
> > inclined to do so...
>
> Unfortunately I don't have time to go deep into the code. It's not a
> feature I plan to use, so the quickest solution for me is to disable it.
>
> Corey, I can see that you developed the bridge helper, can you please
> take a look at this issue?

Apologies, I was out yesterday.  I see your new patch series is 
progressing.  I'll take over if/when you want.

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Regards,
Corey