Biosdevname auto enabled on Dell HW
Bug #891258 reported by
Ameet Paranjape
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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OEM Priority Project |
Invalid
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High
|
James M. Leddy | ||
Precise |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Quantal |
Invalid
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High
|
James M. Leddy | ||
biosdevname (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Colin Watson | ||
Precise |
Won't Fix
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Medium
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
On Ubuntu server *only* the Ubuntu installer needs to automatically determine if the system being installed is a Dell "PowerEdge" server and if so, biosdevname gets enabled by default. If not, biosdevname is not used. One option is to use 'dmidecode -s system-
Additionally, there should be a manual bypass of biosdevname by passing biodevname=0 to the boot prompt.
Related branches
Changed in biosdevname (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-12.04 |
Changed in biosdevname (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: rls-p-tracking |
tags: |
added: rls-mgr-p-tracking removed: rls-p-tracking |
Changed in oem-priority: | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in biosdevname (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
no longer affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise) |
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The design decision here several release cycles ago was to require the 'biosdevname=1' boot parameter to use this facility. I still prefer this, and would need a strong rationale for changing it as I believe a change would break a good deal of established behaviour.