** Description changed:
Originally from https://bugs.debian.org/812575: Our current
/lib/systemd/network/90-mac-for-usb.link assigns MAC-based names to all
USB devices. However, this is wrong and pointless for locally
administered MAC addresses (with the second bit set to '1', see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details).
The old 75-persistent-net generator had this rule:
- ENV{MATCHADDR}=="?[2367abef]:*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
+ ENV{MATCHADDR}=="?[2367abef]:*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
which ignored these devices. We need to adjust 90-mac-for-usb.link to do
the same, and only apply to universally administered MAC addresses (at
least until https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
devel/2016-April/039302.html gets concluded).
We should simply fall through the default policy of assigning location
based names. The kernel assigned ones have no meaning whatsoever, so
this at least provides name stability for use cases where you can rely
on plugging the device into the same port.
+
+ SRU INFORMATION:
+ ================
+ Fix:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/commit/?id=ec7e332
+
+ Test case:
+ - Plug in an Android phone and enable USB tethering, or a different USB
device which uses locally administered MAC addresses, i. e. they change after
every reboot of the device. The first byte of the MAC address must have the
second bit set, i. e. the hex number matches ?[2367abef].
+ - Check "ip a". With current xenial version the interface name is MAC based,
like "enx12345678", and it changes after rebooting the device.
+ - With this fix, the name is location based, like "enp0s1u2", and it remains
stable as long as you use the same USB port.
+
+ Regression potential: This only affects naming USB network devices. It
+ should be tested that devices with universally administered MACs (i. e.
+ stable, second bit is zero) keep MAC based names to avoid changing
+ existing stable names. For devices with locally administered MACs (i. e.
+ random ones) the name currently changes all the time anyway, so any
+ /etc/network/interfaces or firewall script that refers to them is
+ already broken and there cannot be further regressions there. Also, the
+ updated policy is only applied after a computer reboot or replugging the
+ device, the name does not change while the device is already plugged in.
** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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