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Re: [Xen-users] preserve vif name after reboot?

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Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:11:13 -0600
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:53:22 -0600
Tim Freeman <tfreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am wondering if there is a way to preserve the domU vif name in dom0 after
> reboot.  I can specify the vif name when creating the domain which is helpful
> for ebtables rules, but if the VM is rebooted it will get a new one.

Also: is this behavior a bug or by design?  I'd prefer that if we specify
something at create time it would be held true across the entire lifecycle
including reboots.

Thanks,
Tim


> Alternatively, it looks like I can alter the vif-bridge script to grep the vif
> being used each time but it would be cleaner (for a number of reasons) to just
> have the vif name preserved if that is possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
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