[sles-beta] SLES12 beta8 x86_64 net.ifnames=0 inconstisten result on BL460c-Gen8

[Thorsten Kukuk]

On Tue, Jun 10, urs.frey at post.ch wrote:

> Hi
> 
> When installing SLES12 x86_64 Beta8 on BL460c-Gen8 using net.ifnames=0 I get the interfaces mixed up
> 
> Before until Beta7 I could use the first NIC as eth0 and in my LinuxRc info file I could define eth0 with its MAC
> This has now been somehow mixed up
> When using udev.rule: "mac=b4:b5:2f:57:a5:90,name=eth0" in my linuxrc info file I get now eth2 having MAC b4:b5:2f:57:a5:90.
> So of course the installation does fail
> 
> If I do not use net.ifnames=0 on my kernel boot prompt I get eth0
> 
> I am confused, what to use now on HP Blades?

If it works fine without net.ifnames=0, don't use it.
Quite simple :)
predictable names are disabled for now.

  Thorsten


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