[Users] How to add internal networks

[Antoni Segura Puimedon]

Hi Frank,

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Wall" <fw at moov.de>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:38:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] How to add internal networks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> just installed oVirt 3.3 and noticed that the suggestion from this
> thread was included:
> 
> > --- /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/config.py.orig	2013-03-14
> > 11:32:54.000000000 +0100
> > +++ /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/config.py	2013-05-16
> > 16:34:27.722959670 +0200
> > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
> >          ('extra_mem_reserve', '65',
> >              'Memory reserved for non-vds-administered programs.'),
> > 
> > -        ('fake_nics', '',
> > +        ('fake_nics', 'dummy*',
> >              'Comma-separated list of fnmatch-patterns for dummy hosts
> > nics to '
> >              'be shown to vdsm.'),
> 
> The suggestion was to include a pattern which makes it possible to use
> dummy NICs in oVirt, but I think there is a typo:
> 
> --- /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/config.py.orig	2013-08-22
> 18:02:57.000000000 +0200
> +++ /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/config.py	2013-08-25
> 20:02:54.123248727 +0200
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>           ('extra_mem_reserve', '65',
>               'Memory reserved for non-vds-administered programs.'),
> 
> -        ('fake_nics', 'dummy_*',
> +        ('fake_nics', 'dummy*',
>               'Comma-separated list of fnmatch-patterns for dummy hosts
> nics to '
>               'be shown to vdsm.'),
> 
> 
> As you can see, the new pattern includes dummy NICs, but expect the
> devices to be prefixes with "dummy_". Apparently the underscore does not
> work. The pattern should expect "dummy*" instead. I did the modification
> locally and dummy NICs are working again.

The new pattern is set as 'dummy_' so that the functional tests use
dummies with a different naming conventions that the default kernel pattern
of dummy*. Note that you can create dummies with any name you want with

ip link add drummy type dummy

So you could potentially create your own dummy_250, for example.

> 
> Any chance to get this fixed for 3.3 oder maybe 3.3.1?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> - Frank
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