[Bug 1202795] Re: Preseed install detects intel nic as something other than eth0

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

This would be what is done by the biosdevname package:
Description-en: apply BIOS-given names to network devices
 biosdevname in its simplest form takes a kernel device name
 as an argument, and returns the BIOS-given name it "should" be.
 .
 This is necessary on systems where the BIOS name for a given device
 (e.g. the label on the chassis is "Gb1") doesn't map directly and
 obviously to the kernel name (e.g. eth0).
 .
 This also works as a straight udev rule, which is provided.
 .
 Home Page: http://linux.dell.com/biosdevname/


It seems to me like this should really only be a cosmetic difference and not adversely affect the installation, even in the case of preseeds. Is it possible that eth0 is hardcoded somewhere in the preseed? Could you please attach your preseed file, after making sure it doesn't contain sensitive information like passwords?

Thanks!

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Preseed install detects intel nic as something other than eth0

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I've run into a problem when attempting to install ubuntu 13.04 using
  the the preseed automated install.  What appears to be the problem is
  on e3-1220 systems with the 82580 nic using the igb drive is detected
  as p1p1 instead of eth0.  On a similar system with a intel I350 nic
  using the same driver is seen as eth0.  With this name change it
  becomes impossible to perform automatic installs.  The preseed install
  is being initiated via pxe boot process.  During the install I see
  error messages that reference the network not being configured.  If I
  skip that part of the install and switch to the console, alt + F2, and
  execute dhclient p1p1 I get a dhcp provided IP and the install will
  continue.  On the working E5-2620 system with the i350 nic the install
  completes without user intervention.

  e3-12x0
  ~# lspci|grep -i eth
  01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
  01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

  # lspci -vs 01:00.0
  01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
          Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Device 0000
          Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
          Memory at f7980000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
          I/O ports at e020 [size=32]
          Memory at f7a04000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
          Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
          Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
          Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=10 Masked-
          Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
          Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
          Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-25-90-ff-ff-6c-68-cc
          Capabilities: [1a0] Transaction Processing Hints
          Capabilities: [1c0] Latency Tolerance Reporting
          Kernel driver in use: igb

  # ifconfig |grep p1p
  p1p1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:90:6c:68:cc
  p1p2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:90:6c:68:cd

  System Information
          Manufacturer: Supermicro
          Product Name: X9SCD
          Version: 0123456789

  
  e5-2620
  # lspci|grep -i eth
  04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
  04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

  # lspci -vs 04:00.0  
  04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
          Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Device 1521
          Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40
          Memory at fb920000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
          Memory at fb9c4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
          Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
          Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
          Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=10 Masked-
          Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
          Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
          Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-25-90-ff-ff-a3-15-48
          Capabilities: [150] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
          Capabilities: [160] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
          Capabilities: [1a0] Transaction Processing Hints
          Capabilities: [1c0] Latency Tolerance Reporting
          Capabilities: [1d0] Access Control Services
          Kernel driver in use: igb

  # ifconfig |grep eth
  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:90:a3:15:48  
  eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:90:a3:15:49 

  System Information
          Manufacturer: Supermicro
          Product Name: X9SRE/X9SRE-3F/X9SRi/X9SRi-3F
          Version: 0123456789

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