Bug#931130: Document that local configuration for dummy and bonding modules are getting overwritten by systemd
Baptiste BEAUPLAT
lyknode at cilg.org
Thu Jun 27 08:37:03 BST 2019
On 6/27/19 9:20 AM, andreimpopescu at gmail.com wrote:
> On Jo, 27 iun 19, 00:37:01, Justin B Rye wrote:
>>
>> Okay, so here's a first rough idea of what the release-notes might
>> say. It would make sense to put the new section after the existing
>> one on deprecating old-style interface names. Something like:
>>
>>
>> _Module configuration for bonding and dummy interfaces_
>>
>> Administrators who are using channel bonding and/or dummy interfaces
>> (for instance to configure a machine as a router), and who have set
>> up module parameters in a file under /etc/modprobe.d, may need to
>> change the name of the local configuration file used, to avoid these
>> parameters being ignored after the upgrade to buster.
>>
>> In buster, udev ships a file /lib/modprobe.d/systemd.conf designed to
>> make it easier to configure such interfaces using systemd-networkd.[?]
>> This contains the lines
>>
>> options bonding max_bonds=0
>> options dummy numdummies=0
>>
>> A file in /lib/modprobe.d can be overridden by one with the same name
>> under /etc/modprobe.d, but the names are processed in alphabetical
>> order, so /lib/modprobe.d/systemd.conf follows and overrides (for
>> instance) /etc/modprobe.d/dummy.conf. Make sure that any local
>> configuration file has a name that sorts after "systemd.conf", such
>> as "/etc/modprobe.d/zz-local.conf".
>
> LGTM FWIW :)
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
>
Looks very nice indeed. The problem is described precisely and the
solution is clear.
Thanks a lot Justin.
Best,
--
Baptiste BEAUPLAT - lyknode
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