A bonding device is like a virtual ethernet device. We therefore reuse
nm-device-ethernet and add some special handling to detect bonding
connections.
Changes v2:
- Fixed memory leak
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@redhat.com>
- Just use a byte array to old MAC addresses so we don't need to
use .ether_addr_octet everywhere
- Consolidate setting the current MAC address into one location
- Make sure that if the GPERMADDR call fails we use the current MAC
(this wasn't done for wired devices)
- Make log messages consistent
This commit implements MAC cloning feature in NetworkManager. To support that,
'PermHwAddress' property is added into *.Device.Wired and *.Device.Wireless
interfaces. The permanent MAC address is obtained when creating the device, and
is used for 'locking' connections to the device. If a cloned MAC is specified
in connection to be activated, the MAC is set to the interface in stage1. While
disconecting, the permanent MAC is set back to the interface.
Where we can do so, let's use ifindex since that's actually unique
and doesn't change when the interface name changes. We already use
ifindex in a bunch of places, and netlink *only* uses ifindex, so
this will make it easier later when we move over to ifindexes fully.
The only thing that doesn't work yet is the system-settings service's
"auto eth" connections for ethernet devices that don't have an existing
connection. Might also have issues with unmanaged devices that can't
provide a MAC address until they are brought up, but we'll see.
