Re: issue when not using acpi indices in libvirt 7.4.0 and qemu 6.0.0

Hi everyone, We have an issue with how network interfaces are presented in the VM with the latest libvirt 7.4.0 and qemu 6.0.0. Previously, we were on libvirt 7.0.0 and qemu 5.2.0, and we used increasing virtual PCI addresses for any type of network interface (virtio, PCI passthrough, SRIOV) in order to decide the interface order inside the VM. For instance the following snippet yields ens1, ens2 and ens3 in a Debian Buster VM: <interface type="ethernet"> <target dev="0.vSrv"/> <mac address="52:54:00:aa:cc:05"/> <address bus="0x01" domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x01" type="pci"/> <model type="virtio"/> <driver> <host csum="off"/> </driver> </interface> <interface type="ethernet"> <target dev="1.vSrv"/> <mac address="52:54:00:aa:bb:81"/> <address bus="0x01" domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x02" type="pci"/> <model type="virtio"/> <driver> <host csum="off"/> </driver> </interface> <hostdev managed="yes" mode="subsystem" type="pci"> <source> <address bus="0x0d" domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x00"/> </source> <address bus="0x01" domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x03" type="pci"/> </hostdev>

After upgrading to libvirt 7.4.0 and qemu 6.0.0, the XML snippet above yielded: - ens1 for the first virtio interface => OK - rename4 for the second virtio interface => **KO** - ens3 for the PCI passthrough interface => OK