Description of problem: The recent update of biosdevname to biosdevname-0.3.11-1.fc15.i686 changed my onboard nic in my Thinkpad T60 from em1 to p2p1. With the latest version (biosdevname-0.3.11-1.fc15.i686) installed, biosdevname -d reports: BIOS device: p2p1 Kernel name: p2p1 Permanent MAC: xxx Assigned MAC : xxx Driver: e1000e Driver version: 1.3.10-k2 Firmware version: 0.5-1 Bus Info: 0000:02:00.0 PCI name : 0000:02:00.0 PCI Slot : 2 Index in slot: 1 Downgrading to the version before (biosdevname-0.3.8-1.fc15.i686) reports: BIOS device: em1 Kernel name: p2p1 Permanent MAC: 00:1A:6B:35:F8:2B Assigned MAC : 00:1A:6B:35:F8:2B Driver: e1000e Driver version: 1.3.10-k2 Firmware version: 0.5-1 Bus Info: 0000:02:00.0 PCI name : 0000:02:00.0 PCI Slot : embedded Embedded Index: 1 The Kernel name is changed to em1 after reboot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Good version: biosdevname-0.3.8-1.fc15.i686 faulty version: biosdevname-0.3.11-1.fc15.i686 How reproducible: With the corresponding hardware: just up/downgrade biosdevname Actual results: Onboard NIC will be renamed from em1 to p2p1 (on my Laptop) Expected results: NIC should not get renamed ;-)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 746422 ***