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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/ifconfig/macvlan.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/macvlan.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/macvlan.py index 776014bc3..2266879ec 100644 --- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/macvlan.py +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/macvlan.py @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright 2019-2021 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> +# Copyright 2019-2022 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public @@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ class MACVLANIf(Interface): } def _create(self): + """ + Create MACvlan interface in OS kernel. Interface is administrative + down by default. + """ # please do not change the order when assembling the command cmd = 'ip link add {ifname} link {source_interface} type {type} mode {mode}' self._cmd(cmd.format(**self.config)) + # interface is always A/D down. It needs to be enabled explicitly + self.set_admin_state('down') + def set_mode(self, mode): ifname = self.config['ifname'] cmd = f'ip link set dev {ifname} type macvlan mode {mode}' |