Re: [PATCH] Don't generate a connection for unmanaged devices.

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 13:00 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 21:41 +0400, Mikhail Efremov wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have a bridge that was created before the start of NM and it
> > shouldn't be managed by NM. But NM ignores unmanaged specs from a
> > plugin: device_has_config() always returns TRUE for bridges, so default
> > connection is generated and NM tries to manage the bridge.
> > Attached patch fixes this, although I'm not sure that's the right way.
>
> What's the specific issue with NM managing the bridge?  Our goal is to
> allow NM to manage *every* device without touching it if it's already
> configured.  I know of one specific bug here with bridges that is a
> problem (NM sets it "up" immediately), and we're working on fixing that.
> If we fixed that, would it solve your issue?

I was too quick to reply, sorry for that.  The patch is obviously
correct and the unmanaged specs should be respected.  That said, we do
want to be in a place where unmanaged devices are no longer necessary.

Thanks!
Dan