On 12/2/21 08:41, Brian Hutchinson wrote:
Yup, I'm using systemd-networkd ... I think I have to in order to leverage network-online.target etc., and set up my network (bonding in this case) with .netdev and .network files in /etc/systemd/network.
You don't "have" to do anything. It is a choice. Other network managers you might consider include: ConnMan netctl NetworkManager Wicd
What kind of platform are you on? PC, embedded?
Just Arch Linux on various PCs, but, if you are already running systemd, I don't expect that the hardware makes any difference.
Can you give an example of what this would look like?
I could, but, unless you want to abandon systemd-networkd for some reason, and also not consider some of the other popular network management systems, there would be no point.
... but I can also check carrier of my interfaces ...
The kernel bonding module is its own thing, and automatically monitors the state of its slave devices and manages the state of its virtual interface. I don't know why you would want to bother with the carrier state of - presumably - an ethernet device, or whatever. If there were a problem with the bonding module, that would be an entirely separate issue. Of course, this all presupposes that you have actually selected and configured the correct options to the kernel bonding module, to provide the functionality you want with the hardware you are using. But that is nothing to do with systemd or with ptp4l.
My issue is with systemd starting PTP before the bond is fully set up.
As I mentioned, I cannot help you with systemd-networkd. I cannot find any author attributions in or to the systemd-networkd source, and none of the actual developers here appears to have volunteered any insight - and good luck with that. Still, you might read here for clues: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-networkd though, you will have to disregard the reference to "Wireless bonding", which was originally written by me, but is now quite obsolete, without updates, having been subsequently "vandalized" by a rather persistent inexperienced and arrogant user. James
