ifupdown with systemd

ifupdown with systemd

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Hello

I'm using Yocto (Scarthgap) on a Raspberry Pi CM4 with ifupdown and init-ifupdown included in my image. The system uses systemd as the init manager.

It seems that the init scripts for ifupdown are not executed in a systemd environment. My /etc/network/interfaces file is as follows:
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

However, after a reboot, eth0 remains down:
# ip a show eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
default qlen 1000
    link/ether d8:3a:dd:a8:b6:52 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname end0

Checking systemctl shows:
# systemctl status networking
* networking.service - LSB: Raise network interfaces.
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/networking; generated)
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)

I have to manually run ifup eth0 to bring up the interface. Is this expected behavior, or is there a service I need to enable to automate this?

Maybe also any other recommendation for a Network Manager, best with a high-level API?

Thanks

Benjamin

Re: [yocto] ifupdown with systemd

[Alex Kiernan]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM Benjamin Marty via
lists.yoctoproject.org <info=benjaminmarty.ch@lists.yoctoproject.org>
wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I'm using Yocto (Scarthgap) on a Raspberry Pi CM4 with ifupdown and init-ifupdown included in my image. The system uses systemd as the init manager.
>
> It seems that the init scripts for ifupdown are not executed in a systemd environment. My /etc/network/interfaces file is as follows:
> # cat /etc/network/interfaces
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> However, after a reboot, eth0 remains down:
> # ip a show eth0
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
> default qlen 1000
>     link/ether d8:3a:dd:a8:b6:52 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     altname end0
>
> Checking systemctl shows:
> # systemctl status networking
> * networking.service - LSB: Raise network interfaces.
>      Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/networking; generated)
>      Active: inactive (dead)
>        Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
>
> I have to manually run ifup eth0 to bring up the interface. Is this expected behavior, or is there a service I need to enable to automate this?
>
> Maybe also any other recommendation for a Network Manager, best with a high-level API?
>

systemd-networkd?

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Alex Kiernan