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226ecabf 03/28/2013 07:58 pm Paolo Bonzini

qemu-bridge-helper: force usage of a very high MAC address for the bridge

Linux uses the lowest enslaved MAC address as the MAC address of
the bridge. Set MAC address to a high value so that it does not
affect the MAC address of the bridge.

Changing the MAC address of the bridge could cause a few seconds...
1de7afc9 12/19/2012 09:32 am Paolo Bonzini

misc: move include files to include/qemu/

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <>
34309d2b 08/01/2012 02:28 pm Corey Bryant

net: Add interface to bridge when SIOCBRADDIF isn't available

The bridge helper uses the SIOCBRADDIF ioctl to add an inteface to
a bridge. SIOCBRADDIF is not available on old Linux versions. This
patch adds support to use the SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl with BRCTL_ADD_IF...
bdef79a2 02/02/2012 12:24 am Corey Bryant

Add access control support to qemu bridge helper

We go to great lengths to restrict ourselves to just cap_net_admin as an OS
enforced security mechanism. However, we further restrict what we allow users
to do to simply adding a tap device to a bridge interface by virtue of the fact...
47e98658 02/02/2012 12:24 am Corey Bryant

Add cap reduction support to enable use as SUID

The ideal way to use qemu-bridge-helper is to give it an fscap of using:

setcap cap_net_admin=ep qemu-bridge-helper

Unfortunately, most distros still do not have a mechanism to package files
with fscaps applied. This means they'll have to SUID the qemu-bridge-helper...
7b93fadf 02/02/2012 12:24 am Corey Bryant

Add basic version of bridge helper

This patch adds a helper that can be used to create a tap device attached to
a bridge device. Since this helper is minimal in what it does, it can be
given CAP_NET_ADMIN which allows qemu to avoid running as root while still...