FWIW Debian has ignored VMware virtual interfaces by mac: If you grab http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/udev/udev_157-1_i386.deb and look at lib/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net-generator.rules it has:
# ignore interfaces with locally administered or null MAC addresses # and VMWare virtual interfaces ENV{MATCHADDR}=="?[2367abef]:*", ENV{MATCHADDR}="" ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00:00:00:00:00:00", ENV{MATCHADDR}="" ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00:0c:29:*|00:50:56:*", ENV{MATCHADDR}="" -- ease cloning of virtual images by disabling mac address rules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341006 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs