[Xen-users] getting NetworkManager to ignore Xen vif

[Mike <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Now I'm wondering how to tell NM to keep its hands off anything named 
>> "vif*.*" so that I can go on using NM.
> 
> If you put "ip link set dev $vif down" at the top of vif-bridge, the 
> vifname gets used.  :)  But NM still thinks it knows a thing or two 
> about the old interface name.

It seems that a better way to do this is to put in 
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf the MAC with which Xen vifs are 
created:

----------------------------------------
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
----------------------------------------

NetworkManager still knows about the interface, by its "vifDOMID.0" 
name, but lists it as unmanaged.  The vifname is applied by the Xen 
scripts.  It appears on the bridge.

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