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Created attachment 491722[details]
syslog messages
Description of problem:
Installer is unable to configure network during startup (in stage1) if iBFT is used. Syslog contains:
12:25:43,341 NOTICE NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: updating /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
12:25:43,345 WARNING NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: error: Missing device MAC address (no HWADDR tag present).
12:25:43,345 NOTICE NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: removed /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.
Issue occurs only in case of iBFT, "standard" network setup passes without issue. As error message says ifcfg-eth0 is missing HWADDR=. It is missing this value also in case of "standard" network setup, probably BOOTPROTO=ibft has to be counted here.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.1-20110406.0
anaconda 13.21.111
Reproducer:
Use iBFT hw
Radek has confirmed that patch 02398bf054de532bdbe64ce88239a30b208bcd62 is causing this bug (as well as bug #696198). Reverting the patch resolves the issue. The patch was originally introduced for bug #690589, but was really more of a completeness thing and not really solving a problem.
Requesting pm_ack and blocker approval so we can revert this patch in anaconda. I will mark 690589 as devel_ack- since we will be removing the patch for it.
Comment 8RHEL Program Management
2011-04-13 19:59:35 UTC
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Created attachment 491722 [details] syslog messages Description of problem: Installer is unable to configure network during startup (in stage1) if iBFT is used. Syslog contains: 12:25:43,341 NOTICE NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: updating /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 12:25:43,345 WARNING NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: error: Missing device MAC address (no HWADDR tag present). 12:25:43,345 NOTICE NetworkManager: ifcfg-rh: removed /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Issue occurs only in case of iBFT, "standard" network setup passes without issue. As error message says ifcfg-eth0 is missing HWADDR=. It is missing this value also in case of "standard" network setup, probably BOOTPROTO=ibft has to be counted here. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL6.1-20110406.0 anaconda 13.21.111 Reproducer: Use iBFT hw