- # iterate the physical interfaces and add them to the interfaces list
- if [ "${method}" != dhcp ] || ([ ! -x /root/usr/sbin/NetworkManager ] && [ ! -x /root/usr/sbin/wicd ])
+ # iterate the physical interfaces and add them to the interfaces list and also add when ethdevice= called on cmdline
+ if [ "${method}" != dhcp ] || ([ ! -x /root/usr/sbin/NetworkManager ] && [ ! -x /root/usr/sbin/wicd ]) || [ ! -z "${ETHDEVICE}" ]