[node-devel] Heads-Up: New network backend and supporting different "network topologies"

[Fabian Deutsch]

Hey,

over the last days I've been working on our network backend code to
allow different topologies (as requested by the oVirt Engine Team).

The whole patch queue lives in the "topology" topic branch of gerrit.

Basically the code should work as in, it can be used by the installer
and setup to generate a valid network configuration.
Brave souls out there can pick it up and start testing. But please don't
expect to much yet. Bugs are hidden and to be found - remember it's a
rewrite.

As said, the backend code is merged - but the bridgeless code path is
untested. Current testing focuses on stabilizing the "classic" bridge
topology, once this stabilizes I'll be focusing in the "birdgeless"
topology.

The bridgeless-topology (or any topology selection) is not yet exposed
in the UI, but supported in the backend. Once the code has been tested a
bit more I'll be adding this feature to the UI.

Expect more updates during the week.
A nice side effect is that the code is now prepared (in some places) to
be unit-testable. It also brings transactions to the auto-installer
which shall help in the future to make the code cleaner.

- fabian