[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#1042842: Bug#1042842: network interface names wrong in domU (>10 interfaces)

[zithro]

On 02 Aug 2023 18:09, Valentin Kleibel wrote:
>> #xen-devel is the IRC Xen channel. I just pinged them, I'll wait.
>> Depending on their answers, I'll post on the xen-devel mailing list.
> 
> thanks for the clarification, looking forward to an answer.

I posted on xen-devel, you can follow from :
https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2023-08/msg00244.html
(Unfortunately, the formatting is weird via html, split the IRC part on 
"- ").

Note that, at first sight, I was told this seems "not-a-Xen" bug (read 
the IRC excerpts).

>>> Our current workaround is to edit the interface names in the domUs 
>>> config to match the wrong sorting. And be extra careful that the 
>>> domUs MACs match the ones we expect on that network.
>>
>> Via udev (MAC matching) or /etc/network/interfaces ?
>> I ask because it may help others, while this gets resolved.
> 
> We just edited /etc/network/interfaces, as it only affects a few of our 
> domUs.
> i think udev rules matching the MAC would be a better solution. I just 
> didn't take the time to write them and went for the quick and dirty 
> solution.

Till it works, "whatever the bottle, till we have the poison" ;)

This link may be useful: https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames