bug 11017: kick VMware vSwitch by pinging the default gateway to work around mysterous VMware network problem

2011-08-09 15:44:58 -07:00 · 2011-08-09 15:44:58 -07:00 · 69ca341f1b
parent 31153792cc
commit 69ca341f1b
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ setup_common() {
          ip route add default via $GW dev $3
      fi
  fi
+ 
+  # a hacking way to activate vSwitch under VMware
+  ping -n -c 3 $GW
 }

 setup_dnsmasq() {