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authorRoger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>2013-03-13 17:42:17 +0000
committerIan Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>2013-03-15 12:40:37 +0000
commite66be7e48421f0a67f29dd7d572d42c7627807c7 (patch)
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xl: add vif.default.bridge
This is a replacement for defaultbridge xl.conf option. The now deprecated defaultbridge is still supported. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> Cc: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
-rw-r--r--docs/man/xl.conf.pod.54
-rw-r--r--tools/examples/xl.conf3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl.c13
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
index f8f7e7fc79..31aebcaa90 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
+++ b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
@@ -76,10 +76,12 @@ Configures the default hotplug script used by virtual network devices.
Default: C</etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge>
-=item B<defaultbridge="NAME">
+=item B<vif.default.bridge="NAME">
Configures the default bridge to set for virtual network devices.
+The old B<defaultbridge> option is deprecated and should not be used.
+
Default: C<xenbr0>
=item B<vif.default.gatewaydev="NAME">
diff --git a/tools/examples/xl.conf b/tools/examples/xl.conf
index 9a03ffffe3..b0caa3295b 100644
--- a/tools/examples/xl.conf
+++ b/tools/examples/xl.conf
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
# default gateway device to use with vif-route hotplug script
#vif.default.gatewaydev="eth0"
+
+# default bridge device to use with vif-bridge hotplug scripts
+#vif.default.bridge="xenbr0"
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.c b/tools/libxl/xl.c
index 71561a49ef..9f45e4559f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.c
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@ static void parse_global_config(const char *configfile,
if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vifscript", &buf, 0))
default_vifscript = strdup(buf);
- if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "defaultbridge", &buf, 0))
- default_bridge = strdup(buf);
+ if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "defaultbridge", &buf, 0)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "the global config option defaultbridge is deprecated, "
+ "please switch to vif.default.bridge\n");
+ free(default_bridge);
+ default_bridge = strdup(buf);
+ }
+
+ if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vif.default.bridge", &buf, 0)) {
+ free(default_bridge);
+ default_bridge = strdup(buf);
+ }
if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vif.default.gatewaydev", &buf, 0))
default_gatewaydev = strdup(buf);