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author | Franz Pletz <fpletz@fnordicwalking.de> | 2017-09-29 00:06:38 +0200 |
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committer | Franz Pletz <fpletz@fnordicwalking.de> | 2017-09-29 00:07:37 +0200 |
commit | 49f175cd0c80a39e1d05fc687c4a2a40e0aba58c (patch) | |
tree | b6af9b226b64f2d63b740b35a7d207e651b60abe /nixos/doc | |
parent | df86f1996896dd1fb57b8fddef888350160d3583 (diff) |
17.09 release notes: add network interface rename note
Fixes #29197.
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-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml | 47 |
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml index 6fa58508335da..8b0d2549439f8 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml @@ -183,6 +183,53 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> + <emphasis role="strong"> + In an Qemu-based virtualization environment, the network interface + names changed from i.e. <literal>enp0s3</literal> to + <literal>ens3</literal>. + </emphasis> + </para> + <para> + This is due to a kernel configuration change. The new naming + is consistent with those of other Linux distributions with + systemd. See + <!--!link href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/29197">#29197</link--> + for more information. + </para> + <para> + A machine is affected if the <literal>virt-what</literal> tool + either returns <literal>qemu</literal> or + <literal>kvm</literal> <emphasis>and</emphasis> has + interface names used in any part of its NixOS configuration, + in particular if a static network configuration with + <literal>networking.interfaces</literal> is used. + </para> + <para> + Before rebooting affected machines, please ensure: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Change the interface names in your NixOS configuration. + The first interface will be called <literal>ens3</literal>, + the second one <literal>ens8</literal> and starting from there + incremented by 1. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + After changing the interface names, rebuild your system with + <literal>nixos-rebuild boot</literal> to activate the new + configuration after a reboot. If you switch to the new + configuration right away you might lose network connectivity! + If using <literal>nixops</literal>, deploy with + <literal>nixops deploy --force-reboot</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> The <literal>aiccu</literal> package was removed. This is due to SixXS <link xlink:href="https://www.sixxs.net/main/"> sunsetting</link> its IPv6 tunnel. </para> |