Public bug reported: After a fresh installation of 14.04, I had various troubles with the ethernet NIC. Long story short, there were duplicate entries in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules . The 70-persistent-net.rules file has 5 entries for a 4 port NIC (Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe).
----- # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165f (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="54:9f:35:09:8f:69", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165f (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="54:9f:35:09:8f:6b", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth3" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165f (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="54:9f:35:09:8f:68", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165f (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="54:9f:35:09:8f:6a", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth2" # this last declaration was generated by udev but overrides prior command with same ATTR{address} value. # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165f (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="54:9f:35:09:8f:68", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth4" ----- lspci shows only 4 PCI devices. ----- $ lspci -vn | grep -A 16 -F '14e4:165f' 01:00.0 0200: 14e4:165f Subsystem: 1028:1f5b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41 Memory at 91b30000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91b40000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91b50000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at 91b80000 [disabled] [size=256K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=17 Masked- Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-54-9f-35-09-8f-68 Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: tg3 -- 01:00.1 0200: 14e4:165f Subsystem: 1028:1f5b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45 Memory at 91b00000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91b10000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91b20000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at 91bc0000 [disabled] [size=256K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=17 Masked- Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-54-9f-35-09-8f-69 Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: tg3 -- 02:00.0 0200: 14e4:165f Subsystem: 1028:1f5b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40 Memory at 91a30000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91a40000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91a50000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at 91a80000 [disabled] [size=256K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=17 Masked- Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-54-9f-35-09-8f-6a Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: tg3 -- 02:00.1 0200: 14e4:165f Subsystem: 1028:1f5b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44 Memory at 91a00000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91a10000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at 91a20000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at 91ac0000 [disabled] [size=256K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=17 Masked- Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-54-9f-35-09-8f-6b Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: tg3 ----- Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Release: 14.04 ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: udev ** Attachment added: "more verbose lspci output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470399/+attachment/4422807/+files/lspci-14e4-165f.txt ** Package changed: biosdevname (Ubuntu) => udev (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470399 Title: udev duplicates entries in 70-persistent-net.rules To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1470399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs