Bug 1328576

To prevent breaking current behavior (bug 1130042) I'd propose to add

--bindtomac

or 

--bindto=mac

network command flag.

The harder part here might be that currently we are assuming interface-name (DEVICE) setting present in connection (ifcfg) and in this case we probably want only HWADDR to be present, ie we don't want to bind device name to MAC (rename by udev's 60-net-rules) but we want just to bind connection to MAC.

Would the customer by ok with the solution using a new network kickstart command option as proposed in comment #2 ?

Customer agrees with this idea.

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Hello,

that sounds just right!

Perhaps it could become default behaviour if no device name is passed to the network configuration line.

Thanks.

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(In reply to jcastran from comment #5)

> Perhaps it could become default behaviour if no device name is passed to the
> network configuration line.

To make the requested feature safe and consistent with regard to current behavior and defaults, binding to MAC address should be used only if explicitly requested by the option, in all cases, ie --device missing, --device specified by device name, --device specified by MAC address, etc.

PR for adding --bindto=mac
https://github.com/rhinstaller/pykickstart/pull/171
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/1159

anaconda-27.20.2-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-6dd3da2595

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I would just make clear that the HWADDR will be used *instead of* DEVICE for --bindto=mac. By default the ifcfg is bound to interface name (DEVICE=<interface_name> is used in ifcfg file). The new option allows to bind the configuration to the MAC address of the device. HWADDR=<mac> is used instead of the DEVICE in the ifcfg file [1]. The --device option is independent of the --bindto option, it only serves to identify the device installer should use the network configuration (ks command) for. For example you can specify the device to be configured by MAC (--device=<MAC>) but (by default) binding to interface name will by used (DEVICE=<interface_name> in ifcfg file). On the other hand you can the specify device by its name (--device=ens3) and require the configuration (ifcfg file) to be bound to MAC address by using --bindto=mac option, which will result in HWADDR=MAC set (and DEVICE= not used) in the ifcfg.
But I think in most cases using --bindto=mac, --device will be specified by MAC or link or left out completely (which means --device=link).

So I'd modify the doc text slightly to something like this:

New option for the "network" Kickstart command allows to bind the configuration (`ifcfg` file) to device's MAC address.
   
You can now use the new "--bindto=mac" option with the "network" Kickstart command to use the `HWADDR` parameter in the device's `ifcfg` file on the installed system instead of `DEVICE` parameter which would be used by default (binding to interface name).

Note that the new option for binding the configuration is independent of the --device option. The --bindto option will be applied to the configuration (`ifcfg` file) even if the device was specified using a device name, `link` or `bootif`.

[1] To make the picture complete (not to be mentioned in rel notes), there is also a case when both DEVICE and HWADDR are set in ifcfg: when ifname= installer boot option is used. Then the ifcfg is bound to MAC (beacuse of HWADDR set) but having also DEVICE in ifcfg means renaming the device with the MAC to the name specified by DEVICE during system startup (ie not only the ifcfg file, but also the interface name is bound to the MAC).

Thanks! Updated.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0671