Bug 2233597

Summary:	Dell iDrac network interface (cdc_ether driver) has no ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE, causing the interface to show as enp... while installing the system
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Pavel Valena <pvalena>
Component:	dracut	Assignee:	Pavel Valena <pvalena>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Frantisek Sumsal <fsumsal>
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Version:	9.2	CC:	fsumsal
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Description Pavel Valena 2023-08-22 16:50:50 UTC

This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1968118

I am copying this bug because: 

It's planned fix for RHEL 8; it should be included for RHEL 9 as well.

Resolved by adding new hwdb module.


Description of problem:

A customer installing RHEL8.3 DVD or RHEL8.4 DVD on a Dell PowerEdge R640 system sees the iDrac interface be presented as "enp0s20f0..." (by path) instead of "idrac", but only at installation time. Once the system is installed, the correct naming is seen, but the kernel being installed is a more recent one that the DVD one.

Checking the udev database early during installation, there is no ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE=idrac property, explaining the issue.

This was working fine with RHEL8.2 DVD.

This prevents the admin from installing system using a generic kickstart for Dell systems.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 (RHEL8.3 DVD)
kernel-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64 (RHEL8.4 DVD)

How reproducible:

Always on customer system

Comment 1 Pavel Valena 2023-08-22 16:57:59 UTC

Already commited for RHEL-8: https://github.com/redhat-plumbers/dracut-rhel8/commit/62fb051db129a1cbb5645107933e961a57d8bef3

PR: https://github.com/redhat-plumbers/dracut-rhel9/pull/69

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:54:58 UTC

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 (dracut bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2023:6654