Description of problem: Running ifup gre0 causes the network initscript to go into 'fail' state because the ifup-ovs calls ifup-eth but the gre0 interface is not visible to the OS. # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-gre0 DEVICE=gre0 ONBOOT=yes DEVICETYPE=ovs TYPE=OVSTunnel OVS_BRIDGE=ovsbr0 OVS_TUNNEL_TYPE=gre OVS_TUNNEL_OPTIONS="options:remote_ip=192.168.0.3" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Upstream, 2.3.90 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure the OVS bridge 2. Configure the gre0 interface as described above 3. Reboot the system 4. Check network service status Actual results: The service goes into 'fail' state Expected results: The service works on both ifup and ifdown. Additional info: The patch fixing the issue has been posted upstream: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2014-November/048346.html
Patch was accepted upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/059def1e2fa50223bee7dd04d4075d72bc5845a2
openvswitch-2.3.0-3.git20141107.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openvswitch-2.3.0-3.git20141107.fc21
Package openvswitch-2.3.0-3.git20141107.fc21: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing openvswitch-2.3.0-3.git20141107.fc21' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-14567/openvswitch-2.3.0-3.git20141107.fc21 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
openvswitch-2.3.1-1.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openvswitch-2.3.1-1.fc21
openvswitch-2.3.1-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.