2008/7/11 Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@redhat.com>:

Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote:
>
> Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address
> for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice,
> i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using
> ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the
> /etc/cobbler/settings file.
>
> I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in
> system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no
> user intervention. That is I want to use the interface's MAC address
> as my default.
>
> This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.
>

I could see this as possible. Two options here -- file an RFE in Trac
(fedorahosted.org/cobbler), or implement support for it.

I don't think the patch would be too painful -- adding a boolean option
to each interface that says --use-as-explicit-ksdevice that would only
be legal /if/ the mac was enabled.

This would be a slightly involved patch -- should mostly involve
item_system.py and the "blender" code that evaluates the object tree in
utils.py -- but doable.

The RFE list in cobbler is very long so I can't say this is something I
would knock out soon. But if someone else finds it interesting maybe
they could help.

--Michael

> Thanks
>
> joe
>
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