162730 – Avoid persistent naming for xen network devices

Bug 162730 - Avoid persistent naming for xen network devices

Summary: Avoid persistent naming for xen network devices

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	udev maintainers

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Blocks:	udev-meta
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Reported:	2007-01-19 01:53 UTC by Micheal Marineau (RETIRED)
Modified:	2007-01-30 16:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Patch for 75-persistent-net-generator.rules (75-persistent-net-generator.rules.diff,1.00 KB, patch) 2007-01-19 01:55 UTC, Micheal Marineau (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Micheal Marineau (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-19 01:53:53 UTC

Xen by default will generate a random mac address for virtual machines network devices. Thanks to udev trying to keep persistent names based on mac over a reboot eth0 can magically become eth1 which sort of defeats the purpose. :-)

I'll have a patch against udev 103 coming shortly to fix this.

Comment 1 Micheal Marineau (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-19 01:55:55 UTC

Created attachment 107406 [details, diff]
Patch for 75-persistent-net-generator.rules

Adds SUBSYSTEMS!="xen" to the rule.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2007-01-19 04:21:51 UTC

yeah, the new persistent stuff is actually kind of annoying

Comment 3 Matthias Schwarzott gentoo-dev

2007-01-30 16:14:53 UTC

Applied patch to udev-104-r6.