Hi,
On Thu, 2022-06-02 at 10:42 -0700, Aaron Brice via networkmanager-list wrote: > I'm using a yocto arm build of NetworkManager 1.32.10 on an embedded > device. There is a broadcom network device attached over PCIe that > comes up with a MAC of 00:00:00:00:00:00 on network device enp1s0, > and I am trying to manage it with NetworkManager. I set cloned-mac- > address to the mac that I want to assign to it. However when I try > to bring it up I get this helpful error: > > # nmcli con up ethernet-enp1s0 > Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for > this connection (device enp1s0 not available because device is not > available). > > If I set the MAC to something else with "ip link set dev enp1s0 addr > <mac>" first, then the nmcli con up succeeds and sets the mac to the > value specified in cloned-mac-address. Is there a way to get this to > work on boot with just NetworkManager? My nmconnection file: Some drivers/NICs don't support changing the MAC address at all, or only badly. Seems you can change it, but maybe after changing it, the NIC takes a very long time to get carrier (cable-plugged in) back. If that's the case, maybe configure "carrier-wait-timeout". Read `man NetworkManager.conf`. In any case, check the level=TRACE log. Read [1] for hints about logging. If you read [1] about privacy concerns and are aware, you may also email it here. [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.conf#L27 Thomas _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
