Re: Setting up the network interface on Linux domU

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:07:16PM +0100, Damian Sobczak wrote:
> 2009/1/30 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>:
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 09:26:51PM +0100, Damian Sobczak wrote:
> >> On my Debian installation I have the network interface specified
> >>
> >>
> >> iface eth2 inet dhcp
> >>
> >>
> >> but on the Debian domU it's eth16, after each reboot or shutdown it's
> >> a different interface number.
> >>
> >>
> >> Can I specify e.g on the xen configuration file the right eth interface?
> >
> > It's the linux kernel which decide the if's name in this case. I don't
> > know what rules it uses for this but I find it strange that it doesn't
> > always pick up the same name.
> > I don't know what debian did to their kernel, but with scientific linux 5
> > domUs the interface always shows up as eth0.
> >
> >>
> >> I don't understand, on NetBSD domU works DHCP with bridge, on Linux not.
> >
> > is it dhclient which doens't work, or is it just that it tries to
> > run on a nonexistent interface ?
> >
> > --
> > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
> >     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> > --
> >
> 
> 
> It's try to run on nonexistent interface, because each time it's
> different. I can define the interface e.g. eth10 and it's works on
> domU, but on next reboot is the interface number eth11 and the eth10
> not found.

Did you fix the hardware ethernet address in the domU's config file or
does it select it at random ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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