[libvirt-users] [netcf] Why netcf can not rename a existing physical interface dynamically by itself?

[hujianwei]

>> OK, thanks, but I think we can use ip command line to rename existing
>> NIC.
>>
>> [root at rhel6 ~]# ip link set name jiahu eth1
>> [root at rhel6 ~]# ifconfig jiahu
>> jiahu     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:21:27:4E:CE
>>            BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>            RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>
>> [root at rhel6 ~]# ifup jiahu
>>
>> Determining IP information for jiahu... done.
> Neat! That's probably using the same netlink command that's used to
> rename it at boot time. However, if you do what you suggest, the name
> change won't be persistent across a system reboot.
>
> I still say this is too low level for netcf to be messing with; it was
> created to provide a standard way to manipulate the config files, not
> mess with the hardware. (Note that it's also possible to change the mac
> address of an ethernet device (ip link set $dev address $addr) , but we
> don't support that either, and have no plans to do so.)
Good conclusion, thanks again, I agree with you.