Documentation about kernel options at install, especially regarding configuration of NICs and VIP needs to be expanded

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In the installation documentation, there should be a mention of the ability to configure the kernel options before installing a node, especially with regards to ethernet adapters.

I followed the Proxmox guide.

In various examples "eth0" is used as the NIC device name but in fact, the default image uses predictable network interface names for the devices.

The documentation should indicate that controlplane.yaml and worker.yaml can be edited before the installation, especially with regards to extraKernelArgs.

e.g.

machine:
    install:
        extraKernelArgs:
            - net.ifnames=0

In the Virtual (shared) IP guide there is also no mention of eth0 not being the default device name.

The guide should warn that the device name will be something other than eth0 and that they can use talosctl dmesg --nodes ${CONTROLPLANE_NODE_NAME | grep eth0} to see what the name was changed to.

It would be nice to have the device name(s) in the summary dashboard beside the IP address(es).

[smira]

#7864

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