Oracle VM Server: Bringing up interface XX: Bridge support not available in this kernel (Doc ID 2333743.1)

Last updated on MAY 26, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

• Bridge interface fails to come up during server boot-up with the following error:

Bringing up interface XX: Bridge support not available in this kernel
[FAILED]

• Ethool on the underlying physical interface shows the following:

ethtool -i ethX
Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-eth0 instead
Cannot get driver information: No such device

• Manually starting the device using "ifup" after booting works fine.

Changes

 Following lines were removed from /etc/modprobe.conf

Cause

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