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| author | Gurucharan Shetty <gshetty@nicira.com> | 2013-03-13 12:24:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Gurucharan Shetty <gshetty@nicira.com> | 2013-03-18 12:30:59 -0700 |
| commit | 5b56f96aaad4a55a26576e0610fb49bde448dabe (patch) | |
| tree | e9c00135cc64375d14263aaf7ed8b9cd38d5f9fe /rhel/README.RHEL | |
| parent | 43d18dc1bce87be17b280b7aeea8480609d26e5f (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-5b56f96aaad4a55a26576e0610fb49bde448dabe.tar.gz | |
rhel: Prevent duplicate ifup calls.
When we configure OVS using rhel ifupdown scripts,
we call ifup on a bridge twice. Once while configuring the
bridge and once while configuring the ports of the bridge.
This looks harmless but unnecessary. This patch fixes the
behavior.
Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gshetty@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'rhel/README.RHEL')
| -rw-r--r-- | rhel/README.RHEL | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rhel/README.RHEL b/rhel/README.RHEL index d9b68e4b3..ba2774a66 100644 --- a/rhel/README.RHEL +++ b/rhel/README.RHEL @@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ assignments. The following OVS-specific variable names are supported: Note ---- -"ifdown" on a bridge will not bring individual ports on the bridge +* "ifdown" on a bridge will not bring individual ports on the bridge down. "ifup" on a bridge will not add ports to the bridge. This behavior should be compatible with standard bridges (with TYPE=Bridge). +* If 'ifup' on an interface is called multiple times, one can see +"RTNETLINK answers: File exists" printed on the console. This comes from +ifup-eth trying to add zeroconf route multiple times and is harmless. + Examples -------- |