Hello Henti, Le mar. 13 août 2024 à 12:16, Henti Smith <henti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > Good day everybody. > > I've searched high and low and cannot seem to find an answer for what I'm trying to do. The most relevant I found was this [1] thread in 2020, but only because I'm using a script to change the contents of my .link files during boot, which is not working constantly. > > Some things to note: > 1. The hardware is sample hardware so Mac addresses are 00:00:00:00:00. > 2. The hardware has an external hot-swap PCId port that takes a board for VGA out. > 3. We're attempting to configure two interfaces. > > The problem is when the board is attached the PCI numbering of the two interfaces change. With the board attached, it's 5 and 6, without it 4 and 5. > > Normally this would not be a problem, since you can Match on mac address, but in this case, both have the same mac address of 00:00:00:00:00. > > My attempt to fix this was to create a script [2] that enumerated the PCI ports for the hardware manufacturer and use that information to update the link files [2] before systemd-networkd starts, but this does not work constantly. > > Are there any other recommendations to resolve this situation or if my approach is the only real way to do this, how can I ensure my script is executed before systemd uses the link files to apply the interface configuration ? Does the platform provide ACPI _SUN info by any chance ? https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/33682 Best Etienne > > [1] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2020-June/044784.html > [2] https://paste.mozilla.org/jgcCyo9A > [3] https://paste.mozilla.org/zXQYpXpd > > Any guidance would be most welcome. > > Kind regards > Henti Smith