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Bug#931130: Document that local configuration for dummy and bonding modules are getting overwritten by systemd



On 6/27/19 9:20 AM, andreimpopescu@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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