Allow auto interfaces to be given a specific name

lib/vm-base

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 VERSION=1.5-devel
-VERSION_INT=105012
+VERSION_INT=105013
 VERSION_BSD=$(uname -K)
 PATH=${PATH}:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
 

lib/vm-run

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ vm::bhyve_device_disks(){
 #
 vm::bhyve_device_networking(){
     local _type _switch _mac _custom_tap _tap _sid _mtu
-    local _num=0 _member_type _sw_type
+    local _num=0 _member_type _sw_type _iname
 
     while true; do
         config::get "_type" "network${_num}_type"
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ vm::bhyve_device_networking(){
         config::get "_switch" "network${_num}_switch"
         config::get "_mac" "network${_num}_mac"
         config::get "_custom_tap" "network${_num}_device"
+        config::get "_iname" "network${_num}_name"
 
         # set a static mac if we don't have one
         [ -z "${_mac}" ] && vm::generate_static_mac
@@ -564,6 +565,8 @@ vm::bhyve_device_networking(){
             # create interface
             if [ -n "${_custom_tap}" ]; then
                 _tap="${_custom_tap}"
+            elif [ -n "${_iname}" ]; then
+                _tap=$(ifconfig tap create name "${_iname}")
             else
                 _tap=$(ifconfig tap create)
             fi

sample-templates/config.sample

@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ network0_switch="public"
 #
 network0_device=""
 
+# network0_name
+# if specified, the interface will be given this name
+#
+network0_name="web1"
+
 # network0_mac
 # This allows you to specify a fixed mac address for this interface inside the guest.
 # When a guest is run, vm-bhyve will automatically assign a mac address for each