On Mon, 2021-06-14 at 13:59 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:59 AM Matt Spencer <matt.spen...@arm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Bruce,
> > 
> > I understand that changing things can be difficult once launched.
> > 
> > But looking at the systemd documentation here 
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-networkd and in the note that says 
> > 'Devices can also be matched by their type. E.g. Type=ether for Ethernet, 
> > Type=wlan for Wi-Fi and Type=wwan for WWAN. Note that Type=ether will also 
> > match virtual Ethernet interfaces (veth*), which may be undesirable.'
> > 
> > I have created a patch that modifies poky's 
> > meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-conf/wired.network to add '+Name=!veth*' 
> > to the Match clause which the team at Arm are reviewing with a view to 
> > upstream.
> > 
> > I feel that this should have been the default behaviour anyway?
> 
> Perhaps, but it is probably a good idea to have the default as broad
> as possible.  If someone comes up with an alternate requirement, you'd
> end up having a harder time keeping them both working in oe-core.
> 
> We could also carry a bbappend in meta-virtualization that triggers
> when "virtualization" is in the distro features. That way we are
> providing an override that makes sense within the context of the layer
> that is providing it, and the distro features that are enabled.

FWIW I suspect the veth change should be ok for OE-Core if I understand 
things correctly.

Cheers,

Richard

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