Good day everybody I have two link files for mvc-sw1 and mvc-sw2.
# mvc-sw1 ``` # Fixed MAC and name for eno2 (Switch 1 connection) when debug board is plugged in # Renamed to mvc-sw1 by PCI Address and set custom MAC address. [Match] Property=DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eno2 [Link] MACAddress=02:00:00:00:05:00 Name=mvc-sw1 ``` # mvc-sw2 ``` # Fixed MAC and name for enp6s0 (Block Diagram) when debug board is plugged in # Renamed to mvc-sw2 by PCI Address and set custom MAC address. [Match] Property=DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:06:00.0/net/enp6s0 [Link] MACAddress=02:00:00:00:06:00 Name=mvc-sw2 ``` I update the initrd file and rebooted and the system comes up with eno2 and enp6s0 instead of the expected mvc-sw1 and mvc-sw1. Looking at udevadm info I get the following ``` P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eno2 L: 0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eno2 E: INTERFACE=eno2 E: IFINDEX=4 E: SUBSYSTEM=net E: USEC_INITIALIZED=8968404 E: ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v245 E: ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=eno2 E: ID_NET_LABEL_ONBOARD=Onboard ETHERNET Controller E: ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp5s0 E: ID_BUS=pci E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0x11ab E: ID_MODEL_ID=0x0f13 E: ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Ethernet controller E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Marvell Technology Group Ltd. E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:05:00.0 E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_05_00_0 E: ID_NET_DRIVER=oak E: ID_NET_LINK_FILE=/etc/systemd/network/10-oxb-mvc-sw1-debug.link E: ID_NET_NAME=eno2 E: SYSTEMD_ALIAS=/sys/subsystem/net/devices/eno2 /sys/subsystem/net/devices/eno2 E: TAGS=:systemd: ``` ``` P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:06:00.0/net/enp6s0 L: 0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:06:00.0/net/enp6s0 E: INTERFACE=enp6s0 E: IFINDEX=5 E: SUBSYSTEM=net E: USEC_INITIALIZED=8928106 E: ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v245 E: ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp6s0 E: ID_BUS=pci E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0x11ab E: ID_MODEL_ID=0x0f13 E: ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Ethernet controller E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Marvell Technology Group Ltd. E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:06:00.0 E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_06_00_0 E: ID_NET_DRIVER=oak E: ID_NET_LINK_FILE=/etc/systemd/network/10-oxb-mvc-sw2-debug.link E: ID_NET_NAME=enp6s0 E: SYSTEMD_ALIAS=/sys/subsystem/net/devices/enp6s0 /sys/subsystem/net/devices/enp6s0 E: TAGS=:systemd: ``` ID_NET_LINK_FILE seems to indicate it used the link file, but I'm not sure why the interface names were not changed ? I'm on Ubuntu Focal 245.4 Any guidance would be appreciated. Kind regards Henti
