+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #682386 +++

Description of problem:

Network devices can have arbitrary names, and due to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming, will have
different names in Fedora 15.

cmpiOSBase_NetworkPortImplementsIPEndpoint.c:CMPIInstance * _assoc_get_networkPort_INST()
...
  ptr = CMGetCharPtr(name);
  if( strstr(ptr,"eth") != NULL ) { targetClass = _RefLeftClassEth; }
  else if( strstr(ptr,"tr") != NULL ) { targetClass = _RefLeftClassTr; }
  else if( strstr(ptr,"lo") != NULL ) { targetClass = _RefLeftClassLo; }
  else { goto exit; }
...

cmpiOSBase_NetworkPortImplementsIPEndpointProvider.c:CMPIStatus OSBase_NetworkPortImplementsIPEndpointProviderAssociators( CMPIAssociationMI * mi,
...
        if( strcasecmp(resultClass,_RefLeftClassEth) == 0 &&
            strstr(ptr,"eth") != NULL ) {
          _RefLeftClass = _RefLeftClassEth;
        }
        else if( strcasecmp(resultClass,_RefLeftClassTr) == 0 &&
                 strstr(ptr,"tr") != NULL ) {
          _RefLeftClass = _RefLeftClassTr;
        }
        else if( strcasecmp(resultClass,_RefLeftClassLo) == 0 &&
                 strstr(ptr,"lo") != NULL ) {
          _RefLeftClass = _RefLeftClassLo;
        }
        else { goto exit; }
...
same in
CMPIStatus OSBase_NetworkPortImplementsIPEndpointProviderAssociatorNames( CMPIAssociationMI * mi,

OSBase_CommonNetwork.c:int enum_all_netPorts( struct netPortList ** lptr ) {

...
      if(hdchk && hdchk[0]) {
        if( strstr(hdchk[0], "Ethernet") != NULL ) { type = 1; }
        if( strstr(hdchk[0], "Token Ring") != NULL ) { type = 2; }
        if( strstr(hdchk[0], "Local Loopback") != NULL ) { type = 3; }
      }
      else {
        if( strstr(port,"eth") != NULL ) { type = 1; }
        if( strstr(port,"tr")  != NULL ) { type = 2; }
        if( strstr(port,"lo")  != NULL ) { type = 3; }
      }
...
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

sblim-cmpi-network-1.4.0

How reproducible:

Via code inspection.