On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 05:26:58PM +1000, David Gwynne wrote:
>
> > On 5 Jun 2017, at 17:05, Reyk Floeter <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Well, not just muscle memory but the fact that some people including me had
> > hostname.vlanX files without an explicit "vlan X" in it.
>
> hrm. yes.
>
> that means if you change the vnetid on such an interface at runtime, and then
> re-run netstart later on to try and reset the stack, it wont configure it
> back to the state it would be on boot. im not sure we support running
> netstart after boot though, so maybe it doesnt matter.
>
according to netstart(8):
The netstart script can also be used to start newly created
bridges or interfaces, or reset existing interfaces to their
default state.
jmc