Re: Bugreport: macvlan device choosing wrong parent device

[Ulrich Ölmann <u oelmann pengutronix de>]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Beniamino Galvani wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 02:51:49PM +0200, Ulrich Ölmann wrote:
> > This is expected behaviour now, right? (Because of connection "link-local" using
> > a UUID inside its parent property and this UUID being found in a connection that
> > has been applied to a different device than what link-local's actual parent is?)
> > Again explicitely using "parent=eth0" gives me what I want.
>
> Yes, I think this is expected, as the link-local device already exists
> when NM is started and has a different parent. In this case it is
> better to specify an interface as parent.

Okay, that sounds plausible.

And once more: thanks for your willingness to help! :)

Best regards
Ulrich
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