Mention that the systemd link file should contain `Type=ether`, to make sure it only applies to Ethernet devices and does not ever apply to e.g. bridges or bonds which inherit the MAC address of the Ethernet device. Reported in the forum [0].
[0] https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/144557/post-656188 Fixes: 96c0261 ("fix #4847: network: extend section on interface naming scheme") Signed-off-by: Friedrich Weber <f.we...@proxmox.com> --- pve-network.adoc | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc index ef586ec..8e5fa1c 100644 --- a/pve-network.adoc +++ b/pve-network.adoc @@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ identifier. A link file has two sections: `[Match]` determines which interfaces the file will apply to; `[Link]` determines how these interfaces should be configured, including their naming. +The `[Match]` section should contain `Type=ether`, to make sure it only matches +Ethernet devices. + To assign a name to a particular network device, you need a way to uniquely and permanently identify that device in the `[Match]` section. One possibility is to match the device's MAC address using the `MACAddress` option, as it is @@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ the following contents: ---- [Match] MACAddress=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff +Type=ether [Link] Name=enwan0 -- 2.39.2 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
