[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager] How to have regular bridges in the network source list

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

back in 2010, this list had a short thread about regular bridges not
showing up in the network source list in virt-manager. The gist of the
thread was "use virt-manager 0.8.4 and you'll see bridges".

Now, seven years later, I have virt-manager 1.4.0 on the admin machine
(Debian unstable) and libvirt 2.9 on the server (Debian stable), and I
still have to select "Specify shared device name" in the network source
list and enter my bridge name myself, while physical interfaces and
macvlans show up automagically.

While I do understand that macvlan is the hot stuff at the moment and
people want us to use those, there is a gazillion use cases of classical
bridges, for example when the guest needs to talk to the host or when
the party providing network access to the host routes additional IP
addresses to the host IP instead of arping for them on the physical
network.

Is there still a technical reason why virt-manager doesn't show regular
bridge interfaces in the interface dropdown? Can I help with local
configuration or am I stil stuck with manually entering "br0"?

Greetings
Marc

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