[Bug 1279176] Re: IPv6 fails when "<interface type='direct'>", on top of OVS

[Serge Hallyn]

Hi,

Laine straightened me out on irc.  the <interface type='direct'> means
that it will create a macvtap interface.  It is not meant to be used
with a bridge, but with a real nic.  Since you are using a bridge, you
want to use <interface type='bridge'>.  The fact that type='direct'
sometimes works appears to be an accident.

You mentioned in comment #5 that you sometimes have an error starting up
VMs when using <interface type='bridge'>.  If that is the case, that
would be the real bug here.  (Note though that vifX are the network
interfaces used for xen, so if you are seeing those they are not related
to your kvm vms)

So, I will mark this bug invalid.  Please switch to using <interface
type='bridge'>.  If/when you have an error starting VMs due to that,
please file a new bug immediately (using ubuntu-bug libvirt if possible)
so we can figure out what is going on there.

** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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  IPv6 fails when "<interface type='direct'>", on top of OVS

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