[systemd-devel] [PATCH] udev rules: add udev rule to create /dev/ptp_kvm

[Lennart Poettering]

On Thu, 23.02.17 22:20, Marcelo Tosatti (mtosatti at redhat.com) wrote:

> 
> Its necessary to specify the KVM PTP device name in userspace.
> 
> In case a network card with PTP device is assigned to the guest,
> it might be the case that KVM PTP gets /dev/ptp0 instead of /dev/ptp1. 
> 
> Fix a device name for the KVM PTP device.

What's the symlink precisely good for, can you elaborate? 

Also, what's the benefit of shipping this upstream? Why not ship that
rule with kvm?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat