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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/ifconfig/ifname_store.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/ifname_store.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/ifname_store.py index e9c204e6c..b527c7348 100644 --- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/ifname_store.py +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/ifname_store.py @@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ def render_link(name: str, key: str, driver: str = '') -> str: A MAC is not unique to one interface: an accelerated-networking VF carries its NIC's MAC, and matched the NIC's file - udev then tried to give the VF the NIC's name. The driver tells them apart. + + Only the first matching file is applied, so this one shadows the address + policy the distribution ships. Spell it out again, or a device with no + permanent address - a modem - is left on the random one its driver gave + it, which is a different address on every boot. """ match_driver = f'Driver={driver}\n' if driver else '' return ( @@ -640,6 +645,7 @@ def render_link(name: str, key: str, driver: str = '') -> str: '\n' '[Link]\n' f'Name={name}\n' + 'MACAddressPolicy=persistent\n' ) |