[Bug 1535045] Re: Biosdevname does not provide interface naming information for ConnecX4 Devices

[Elias Abacioglu]

I'm also affected by this (Mellanox ConnectX-4).
Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS 
kernel 4.15.0-42-generic 
biosdevname 0.4.1-0ubuntu9

Is there a packaged version of biosdevname with the patch?
Why does Xenial from 2016 have a biosdevname from 2012?

There are lot newer versions of biosdevname at
http://linux.dell.com/files/biosdevname/

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Title:
  Biosdevname does not provide interface naming information for ConnecX4
  Devices

Status in biosdevname package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Hi,

  Biosdevname is enabled by default for ubuntu14.04.4, 
  We see that the ConnectX3 interface name is pXpX and ConnectX4 interfaces is ethX
  when biosdevname is enabled we should see all the interfaces like pxpX

  As for biosdevname user manual :
  when we ran #biosdevname -i <interface name> , it should return the interface biosdevname
  the command exit code should return 0 for success 
  see it in the link :http://linux.die.net/man/1/biosdevname.

  When we run biosdevname on ConnectX4 interface we get return status 2.

  could you please add support for ConnectX4 devices ?

  Exit Codes

  Returns 0 on success, with BIOS-suggested name printed to stdout.
  Returns 1 on provided device name lookup failure.
  Returns 2 if system BIOS does not provide naming information. biosdevname requires system BIOS to provide naming information, either via SMBIOS or sysfs files.
  Returns 3 if not run as root but requires root privileges.
  Returns 4 if running in a virtual machine.

  
  # dpkg --list |grep biosdevname
  ii  biosdevname                        0.4.1-0ubuntu6.3                 amd64        apply BIOS-given names to network devices
  # uname -r
  4.2.0-24-generic

  lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:        14.04
  Codename:       trusty

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