[systemd-devel] networkd config for dummy0 interface

[Christian Hesse]

Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer at universe-factory.net> on Tue, 2014/07/01 07:08:
> On 07/01/2014 05:56 AM, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer at universe-factory.net> on Mon, 2014/06/30
> > 23:47:
> >> On 06/24/2014 12:25 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Vasiliy Tolstov <v.tolstov at selfip.ru>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Hi. I have very strange task:
> >>>
> >>> Not tested, but I would start with trying:
> >>>
> >>>> 1) Nedd modprobe dummy
> >>>
> >>> Use modules-load.d
> >>>
> >>>> 2) Assign specific mac address to it
> >>>
> >>> Possibly use .link files, or check if it is possible to spcify this as
> >>> module options (didn't check).
> >>>
> >>>> 3) Bring up it
> >>>> 4) Assign specific address to it
> >>>
> >>> Use a regular .network file... Should wokr.
> >>>
> >>> HTH,
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if this has changed recently, but I think it is not
> >> possible to use .link files to configure virtual network devices as
> >> there is _nothing_ to match on.
> > 
> > Sure. You have a name. That is what I tried first and it works perfectly.
> > 
> > [Match]
> > Name=dummy0
> > 
> > Or did I miss anything?
> > 
> 
> No, Name= matches only work in .network units, not in .link units. A
> link unit without any valid match option matches any interface though;
> so if you have a .link unit with Name=dummy0 in its [Match] section, it
> will actually be applied to dummy0... but also to all other interfaces,
> which can be very confusing.

Of course you are right. I do have a dummy0.network unit.
Sorry for the noise.
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