FAILED for eth0

[Paul Smith]

On 8/17/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Wow! That is odd... did you change network cards recently? But I am
> > > thinking that kudzu would probably have detected the change, and written
> > > the new MAC address into the configuration file.
> >
> > Yes, Chong, I did change my Ethernet card. I suppose that kudzu runs
> > at boot time and it did not write the new MAC address into the
> > configuration file.
>
> I don't think kudzu notices a different MAC address.  It would notice
> a different type of NIC, but then it would force you to reconfigure
> it with an IP address or dhcp setting before starting it.  That's
> not at all handy when you prepare swappable disks and have someone
> else install them at a remote site, expecting to ssh in as soon as
> they come up.

But my question persists: should not Fedora automatically update MAC
addresses? And if it should, should one fill a bug at Bugzilla?

Paul