Public bug reported: On a AMD-Seamicro Sm15000 system with Xeon ccards with Sandybridge chipset, following nic enumeration was observed after a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 ( AMD64 )
root@ubuntu-srv-0:~# ifconfig -a |grep eth eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:06 root@ubuntu-srv-0:~# ifconfig -a |grep p[0-9] p1p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:02 p2p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:04 p2p2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:01 p3p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:00 p4p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:03 p5p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:05 rename6 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:99:51:00:07 On Ubuntu 12.04 and lower the nics were enumerated as eth0, eth1,eth2 in that order. What might be causing this odd nic enumeration on Ubuntu 13.04 ? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269186 Title: Ubuntu 13.04 install on AMD-Seamicro SM15K enumerates nics as p0p1 etc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1269186/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs