[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#520088: Bug#520088: virt-manager: adding additional network adapter - inconsistency between libvirt and xend

[Andreas Unterkircher]

> So you added the interface, when the domain was shut down?

Exactly

> Do you have a chance to test libvirt 0.6.1 from unstable/testing?

I backported libvirt 0.6.1-1 from squeeze to lenny. If I now add
an additional network adapter via virt-manager, it gets correctly
displayed in hardware-column of virt-manager.

Also libvirt's XML

     <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='00:16:36:36:0d:11'/>
       <source bridge='br0'/>
       <script path='vif-bridge'/>
       <target dev='vif-1.0'/>
     </interface>
     <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='00:16:36:76:fb:11'/>
       <source bridge='virbr1'/>
       <script path='vif-bridge'/>
       <target dev='vif-1.1'/>
     </interface>

and xend's domain file refer the same

     (device
         (vif
             (bridge br0)
             (mac 00:16:36:36:0d:11)
             (uuid fb9eda8a-24ae-1c70-afc4-3d1149178957)
             (script vif-bridge)
         )
     )
     (device
         (vif
             (bridge virbr1)
             (mac 00:16:36:76:fb:11)
             (uuid 44a01541-b8f0-9da5-9f1b-3c8d7dd08382)
             (script vif-bridge)
         )
     )


Doing further modifications, deleting a NIC, adding a NIC, removing
one in the middle no longer mix up the setup. So 0.6.1 indeed
resolves this bug.

Cheers,
Andreas