[Libguestfs] Re: [PATCH libguestfs] appliance: Ignore sit0 network device in the guest
On 6/24/2025 6:37 PM, Richard W.M. Jones via Libguestfs wrote:
Reported-by: Srikanth Aithal
Fixed-by: Stefano Brivio
See:
https://lists.libguestfs.org/archives/list/guestfs@lists.libguestfs.org/t...
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appliance/init | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/appliance/init b/appliance/init
index 5d35a47dd..47eb97dfc 100755
--- a/appliance/init
+++ b/appliance/init
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ ip addr add 127.0.0.1/8 brd + dev lo scope host
ip link set dev lo up
if test "$guestfs_network" = 1; then
- iface=$(ls -I all -I default -I lo /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf)
+ iface=$(ls -I all -I default -I lo -I sit0 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf)
# Two workarounds for Ubuntu:
touch /etc/fstab
rm -f /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolved
I tested this patch in my environment, and it resolves the issue observed.
The IPv4 interface of the appliance is now properly configured with an
IP address, even though sit0 resides within the same appliance:
$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:12:34:56 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 169.254.2.15/16 brd 169.254.255.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 86400sec preferred_lft 86400sec
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456/64 scope link tentative
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
Thank you,
Tested-by: Srikanth Aithal <sraithal(a)amd.com>