[systemd-devel] systemd network interface names - new twist

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Jun 2 15:46:44 UTC 2016


On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 06:24:39AM -0600, JB wrote:
> I'm running kernel 3.18.22. I'm seeing some odd behavior from systemd. The
> motherboard is an intel board with dual onboard NIC. I installed FC21
> initially with secondary ethernet interface disabled in the BIOS. Then after
> install, I enabled it. However, while the first NIC name comes up as
> expected getting renamed from eth0 to eno#. The second NIC never gets
> renamed and instead is brought up as eth1.
> 
> What's up with that? I thought they were all supposed to get en* names. I
> mean after all, I've already retooled all our software to accommodate the
> new scheme.

This sounds like a Fedora bug, in noticing your "new" NIC that showed up
after the system was installed.  I suggest you file a bug with their
reporting system.

Also, please note that the 3.18 kernel is very old and unsupported, you
might want to update to a modern kernel release :)

hope this helps,

greg k-h


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