fresh vyos 1.3 beta instance installed from vyos-1.3-beta-202102220443-amd64.iso, as a Xen HVM guest.
```
configure
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address 192.168.1.0/24
commit
```
or
```
configure
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcp
commit
```
.. both result in an error like this:
```
[ interfaces ethernet eth0 ]
VyOS had an issue completing a command.
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Report Time: 2021-02-22 18:57:51
Image Version: VyOS 1.3-beta-202102220443
Release Train: equuleus
Built by:
[email protected]
Built on: Mon 22 Feb 2021 04:43 UTC
Build UUID: 6b8d42c3-efc5-4b34-925e-30bb8edd4262
Build Commit ID: f4be339392a75b
Architecture: x86_64
Boot via: installed image
System type: Xen HVM guest
Hardware vendor: Xen
Hardware model: HVM domU
Hardware S/N: 97826e4f-bd93-42b1-8602-aad21d637ad3
Hardware UUID: 97826e4f-bd93-42b1-8602-aad21d637ad3
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/interfaces-ethernet.py", line 150, in <module>
verify(c)
File "/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/interfaces-ethernet.py", line 91, in verify
ethtool = Ethtool(ifname)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vyos/ethtool.py", line 53, in __init__
tmp = cmd(f'ethtool -g {ifname}')
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vyos/util.py", line 179, in cmd
raise OSError(code, feedback)
OSError: [Errno 76] failed to run command: ethtool -g eth0
returned: Ring parameters for eth0:
exit code: 76
noteworthy:
cmd 'ethtool -g eth0'
returned (out):
Ring parameters for eth0:
returned (err):
Cannot get device ring settings: Operation not supported
[[interfaces ethernet eth0]] failed
Commit failed
```
and indeed.. the following does not seem to work:
```
$ sudo ethtool -g eth0
Ring parameters for eth0:
Cannot get device ring settings: Operation not supported
```
eth0 is a xen-netfront ethernet interface in a Xen HVM guest:
```
$ sudo ethtool -i eth0
driver: vif
version:
firmware-version:
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: vif-0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: no
```