(Sun)VirtualBox with Bridge under RedHat-Linux

baif

As I tested VirtualBox or Sun VirtualBox on Fedora 8, RHEL 5, RHEL 5 update2. I found that bridge device named "br0" would NOT work properly with Fedora 8 and RHEL 5 update 2.

The order of interfaces coming up is the cause of this issue.  I noticed that "br0" would be bringed up before any one of its slaves. I had check with a bridge device named "ethbr0", all works done.

Try not to follow the name br0 from the official manual, change it to "ethbr0" or some thing else. If you are work under F8/RHEL 5 updates...

This will be posted to RHEL and Sun... :em11:

baif

Fedora 8       : initscripts-8.60-1
                                        bridge-utils-1.2-2.fc8
RHEL 5         : initscripts-8.45.14.EL-1
                                        bridge-utils-1.1-2
RHEL 5 update 2: initscripts-8.45.19.EL-1
                                        bridge-utils-1.1-2


* Tue Mar 04 2008 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 8.45.19.EL-1
- also skip network shutdown if there is a '_rnetdev' root device (part of #435358, <pjones@redhat.com>
)

* Fri Feb 08 2008 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>, Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> 8.45.18.EL-1
- IKE_DHGROUP is now an option for IPsec configuration files, which allows
to set the dh group used during PHASE 1 of IPsec SA (#251506)
- arp_ip_target can now be used with a comma seperated IP list in BONDING_OPTS (#288151)
- genhostid now generates only 32 bit hostids on 64 bit systems (#306811)
- the check for the need of remounting the root file system read-writable
is now refined (#334171)
- quoted SUBCHANNELS and HWADDR options in network configuration files are
now handled properly (#351291)
- support for resuming from an encrypted swap has been added (#360071)
- rc.sysinit now executes the proper configuration tools, if /.unconfigured
is present (#426372)
- Resolves: rhbz#251506 rhbz#288151 rhbz#306811 rhbz#334171 rhbz#351291 rhbz#360071 rhbz#426372

* Wed Aug 08 2007 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 8.45.17.EL-1
- fix netconsole service status (#223742)

* Sat Jun 23 2007 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 8.45.16.EL-1
- init.d/network: add support for VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD vlans (#229285)
- network-functions: fix logic error in install_bonding_driver (#229643)
- add init script for netconsole (#223742)
- ifup-eth: set 'primary' later for bonding devices (#236897, <agospoda@redhat.com>)
- init.d/halt: don't shut down the network in kexec (#223932, <mchristi@redhat.com>)

* Tue Jan 16 2007 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 8.45.14.EL-1
- set MACADDR, if specified, before bringing up bonding master/slaves (#218792)