(In reply to kevin vandeventer from comment #22) > Is it relevant that /etc/wicked/ifconfig is empty? No it does not matter. Wicked supports different sources of configuration e.g. compat (/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-* files) which is the default one and its native XML format (/etc/wicked/ifconfig/*.xml files) and firmware which is used for iBFT configuration. You use compat, so /etc/wicked/ifconfig/ can be left empty.