def METHOD_NAME(self):
    '''
    Set up the ethernet bridge configuration in the linux kernel
    '''
    detected_distro = distro.detect()
    net_path = 'network-scripts'
    if detected_distro.name == "SuSE":
        net_path = 'network'
    if os.path.exists('/etc/sysconfig/%s/ifcfg-%s' % (net_path, self.bridge_interface)):
        self.networkinterface.remove_cfg_file()
        self.check_failure('ip link del %s' % self.bridge_interface)
    self.check_failure('ip link add dev %s type bridge'
                       % self.bridge_interface)
    check_flag = False
    cmd = 'ip -d link show %s' % self.bridge_interface
    check_br = process.system_output(cmd, verbose=True,
                                     ignore_status=True).decode("utf-8")
    for line in check_br.splitlines():
        if line.find('bridge'):
            check_flag = True
    if not check_flag:
        self.fail('Bridge interface is not created')
    for host_interface in self.host_interfaces:
        self.check_failure('ip link set %s master %s'
                           % (host_interface, self.bridge_interface))
        self.check_failure('ip addr flush dev %s' % host_interface)