Hi there,
Michael asked to forward this to the list, so here it is...
The patch 0005-Mark-virtual-ethernet-interfaces-as-unmanaged.patch
(debian Jessie) messes up with my virtual interfaces (vmware
vmnet1/vmnet8).
Even if I set them manually unmanaged (from /etc/network/interfaces or
using keyfile plugin), they finally appear connected and make me lose my
internet connection if my ethernet link is down and I'm using WIFI.
I'm not sure exactly what's going on with the internals of
Network-Manager in this case but setting the default unmanaged flag on
the interfaces seems to have some negative side effects.
However, I think the idea of not managing the virtual interfaces is OK,
in particular for not expert users.
You'll find enclosed a small plugin that detects those virtual
interfaces and adds them to the unmanaged list. This is based on the
keyfile plugin.
Please feel free to use it (or not).
(0005-Mark-virtual-ethernet-interfaces-as-unmanaged.patch has to be
reverted for this plugin to work)
Thanks for your work anyway.
Nicolas
From 0fbcb8c9aecd652926c58553f401de2e5be1e785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: boul bou...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:56:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Added ifvirt plugin
---
configure.ac| 5 +
src/settings/plugins/Makefile.am| 4 +
src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile.am | 41 +
src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/plugin.c| 271
src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/plugin.h| 50 ++
5 files changed, 371 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile.am
create mode 100644 src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/plugin.c
create mode 100644 src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/plugin.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 94b0758..0e1caf7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(ifcfg-rh, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ifcfg-rh], [enable ifcfg-rh con
AC_ARG_ENABLE(ifcfg-suse, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ifcfg-suse], [enable ifcfg-suse configuration plugin (SUSE)]))
AC_ARG_ENABLE(ifupdown, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ifupdown], [enable ifupdown configuration plugin (Debian/Ubuntu)]))
AC_ARG_ENABLE(ifnet, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ifnet], [enable ifnet configuration plugin (Gentoo)]))
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(ifnet, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ifvirt], [enable ifvirt configuration plugin]))
# Default alternative plugins by distribution
AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifcfg_rh], AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/redhat-release, enable_ifcfg_rh=yes))
AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifcfg_rh], AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/fedora-release, enable_ifcfg_rh=yes))
@@ -107,11 +108,13 @@ AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifcfg_rh], enable_ifcfg_rh=no)
AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifcfg_suse], enable_ifcfg_suse=no)
AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifupdown], enable_ifupdown=no)
AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifnet], enable_ifnet=no)
+AS_IF([test -z $enable_ifvirt], enable_ifvirt=no)
# Create automake conditionals
AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFCFG_RH, test $enable_ifcfg_rh = yes)
AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFCFG_SUSE, test $enable_ifcfg_suse = yes)
AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFUPDOWN, test $enable_ifupdown = yes)
AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFNET, test $enable_ifnet = yes)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFVIRT, test $enable_ifvirt = yes)
if test $enable_ifcfg_rh = yes; then
DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE=network.service
@@ -794,6 +797,7 @@ src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-suse/Makefile
src/settings/plugins/keyfile/Makefile
src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/Makefile
src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/keyfiles/Makefile
+src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile
src/settings/plugins/example/Makefile
src/settings/tests/Makefile
src/platform/Makefile
@@ -906,6 +910,7 @@ echo ifcfg-rh: ${enable_ifcfg_rh}
echo ifcfg-suse: ${enable_ifcfg_suse}
echo ifupdown: ${enable_ifupdown}
echo ifnet: ${enable_ifnet}
+echo ifvirt: ${enable_ifvirt}
echo
echo Handlers for /etc/resolv.conf:
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/Makefile.am b/src/settings/plugins/Makefile.am
index 41694e7..2ae7444 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ endif
if CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFNET
SUBDIRS+=ifnet
endif
+
+if CONFIG_PLUGIN_IFVIRT
+SUBDIRS+=ifvirt
+endif
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile.am b/src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000..ab15e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifvirt/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+SUBDIRS = .
+
+@GNOME_CODE_COVERAGE_RULES@
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/src \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/src/config \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/src/logging \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/src/settings \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
+ -I$(top_builddir)/include \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/libnm-util \
+ -I$(top_builddir)/libnm-util \
+ -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\NetworkManager-ifvirt\ \
+ -DNM_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=NM_VERSION_NEXT_STABLE \
+ $(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
+ $(DBUS_CFLAGS) \
+ $(POLKIT_CFLAGS) \
+ $(GUDEV_CFLAGS) \
+ -DNMCONFDIR=\$(nmconfdir)\
+
+pkglib_LTLIBRARIES =
