Re: Feedback regarding "Allow selecting boot eth dev by MAC address"
On 2015年08月19日 23:52, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> On 08/19/2015 05:26 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote:
>> i'll have to think about how to handle these things
>> and make it more generic (by also introducing alternative mechanisms to
>> select the "right" network device, not just the mac).
>
> i think we could follow the systemd namespace here.. some examples:
>
> * matching a netdev by name
> this would select the second onboard network device to be used:
>
> live-boot.netdev-match.name=eno2
>
> * matching a netdev by mac address
> this would select the network device that has a given mac address:
>
> live-boot.netdev-match.macaddress=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
>
> * matching a netdev by a certain ip address (or subnet)
> if there are multiple interfaces, and they have all dhcp or a
> preconfigured static address inside the image, then
> select the first one that is in the given subnet (or has a
> given address):
>
> live-boot.netdev-match.address=196.168.0.0/24
>
> or something like that..
The above features are very cool. I look forward to having that in the
live-boot package.
Thanks.
Steven.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
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