[lxc-devel] [PATCH 3/3] allow lxc.network.pair to specify host-side name for veth interface

[Daniel Lezcano]

Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> Michael Tokarev wrote:
> []
>>> Speaking of veth - is there any other "link" for such a device except
>>> of a bridge?  I can't think of one.  And this makes whole thing to fly,
>>> I think.
>> The code in lxc assumes it is a bridge which covers 99% of the use 
>> cases, but that could be bonding for example or vlan.
> 
> Bonding -- you mean two or more veth pairs bound together?

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bonding

> As for vlan, right now it is a bridge again, you have to bridge
> the vlan interface and veth host side.
> 
> So it looks like it is either bridge or nothing (NAT/routing).
> 
> In which case current way plus my 2 patches seems to be the best route.