They can be used like loopback, but not limited to only 1 interface. It's needed for bgp with multipath/ecmp to have a unique src ip
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Derumier <aderum...@odiso.com> --- src/PVE/INotify.pm | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/PVE/INotify.pm b/src/PVE/INotify.pm index bd2b15a..676dcc6 100644 --- a/src/PVE/INotify.pm +++ b/src/PVE/INotify.pm @@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ sub __read_etc_network_interfaces { 'bond_miimon' => 1, 'bond_xmit_hash_policy' => 1, 'bond-primary' => 1, + 'link-type' => 1, 'uplink-id' => 1, 'vlan-protocol' => 1, 'vlan-raw-device' => 1, @@ -1106,6 +1107,8 @@ sub __read_etc_network_interfaces { my $tag = &$extract_ovs_option($d, 'tag'); $d->{ovs_tag} = $tag if defined($tag); } + } elsif (defined($d->{'link-type'})) { + $d->{type} = $d->{'link-type'} if $d->{'link-type'} eq 'dummy'; } } @@ -1658,6 +1661,7 @@ NETWORKDOC my $if_type_hash = { loopback => 100000, + dummy => 100000, eth => 200000, OVSPort => 200000, OVSIntPort => 300000, -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel