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Bug 2141999

Summary: Add "controller" field to interface to attach to bridge, bond.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Quique Llorente <ellorent>
Component: nmstateAssignee: Gris Ge <fge>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Mingyu Shi <mshi>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.6CC: ferferna, jiji, jishi, network-qe, till
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Triaged
Target Release: ---Flags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: nmstate-1.4.0-0.alpha.20221201.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2023-05-16 08:26:38 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Quique Llorente 2022-11-11 11:25:04 UTC
Description of problem:

Right now adding a port a bridge means modify the "port" field of the bridge so the previous port has to be also included or they will be removed.

We can add a "controller" field to interfaces to they just  get attached to the bridge, port.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a interface as a new bridge port modifying the bridge "port" field with just the interface

Actual results:
The other ports get removed


Expected results:
It should merge it with the ports or we should have a controller field at interfaces.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Gris Ge 2022-11-16 11:02:34 UTC
Patch posted to upstream: https://github.com/nmstate/nmstate/pull/2103

Example on attach eth1 to br0:

```yaml
---
interfaces:
- name: eth1
  state: up
  controller: br0
```

Comment 8 Mingyu Shi 2023-02-03 06:55:36 UTC
Verified with:
nmstate-1.4.1-1.el8.x86_64
nispor-1.2.9-1.el8.x86_64
NetworkManager-1.40.10-1.el8.x86_64
openvswitch2.15-2.15.0-133.el8fdp.x86_64
DISTRO=RHEL-8.8.0-20230127.0

But there's a little difference between nmstate python and rust when *changing* controller. I'm discussing which one is better and if it is worth fixing on RHEL 8.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:26:38 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (nmstate bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2772