From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:59:29 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
      
   > i.e. the interface has two addresses after booting has completed. I   
   > would put network boot at the bottom of the list of possible causes.   
   > AIUI the kernel starts from a blank slate, it doesn’t inherit   
   > interface configuration from the boot loader.   
      
   If my reading of this   
    article   
   on PXE is correct, the kernel can indeed inherit network settings from   
   a PXE boot. But if you’re not using PXE, then that’s not relevant, of   
   course. I don’t know of any other booting setup that could pass across   
   network parameters from the bootloader to the kernel.   
      
   Places I know of where the kernel can get network interface setups:   
     * DHCP client   
     * /etc/network/interfaces file (or distro-specific equivalent)   
     * systemd.network files   
     * NetworkManager   
      
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