This SRU just removes the unused code but turn out it doesn't affect the NIC renaming. NIC name is usually set by netplan or cloud init, we can safely pick this patch.
** Tags removed: verification-needed-noble-linux ** Tags added: verification-done-noble-linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2100264 Title: Fix NIC name changes for ice Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Noble: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] This upstream commit introduced that Intel ice driver exports "phys_port_name" in sysfs interface: 37165e3f5664 ice: introduce VF port representor And “phys_port_name” is used by systemd when renaming NIC, so when upgrading kernel from 5.15 to 6.8, this causes NIC name changes from ens2f0: kernel: ice 0000:2a:00.0 ens2f0: renamed from eth0 to ens2f0np0: kernel: [ 21.217165] ice 0000:2a:00.0 ens2f0np0: renamed from eth0 In some circumstances, bond won't work after upgrading kernel because of its underlying NIC name changed [Fix] Later, upstream removed exporting "phys_port_name" in sysfs interface in this commit: 41355365d252 ice: Remove ndo_get_phys_port_name It's removed in 6.10: git tag --contains 41355365d252 v6.10 Because phys_port_name is never used, mentioned in the commit message: ndo_get_phys_port_name is never actually used, as in switchdev devlink is always being created. We should make it consistent to not having "npX" in the tail of NIC name [ Test ] Install 5.15 and 6.8 kernels on a machine with Intel ice NIC and see if NIC name is the same. [ Where the problems could occur ] Since the "phys_port_name" is never actually used, it's find to remove it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2100264/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
