netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge

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Date:	Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:55:40 +0200
From:	Marc Haber <mh+netdev@...schlus.de>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge

On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 11:15:41AM +0900, Ang Way Chuang wrote:
> A more ideal solution in this case is to add the option to enabling
> carrier on sysfs and modify libvirtd to turn on the carrier if IPv6 is
> enabled.

I would even do it manually from an init script if that saves me from
having an extra dummy interface on a bridge just to force it up.

>  Since there is no other
>  complain from other user with this setup, I guess nobody actually
>  assigns IPv6 to libvirtd network device at this moment

I do. Daily. And get bitten every time I reboot. A _major_ nuisance.

Greetings
Marc

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