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Activate secondary paths after boot once the network link is up

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      Testing scenario as follows:

      • multipath - two boot attempts defined
      • link on a secondary network interface is up at EFI boot time (this creates ACPI NBFT table with two records)
      • link on a secondary network interface is taken down before kernel start (i.e. at the time of a grub menu prompt)
      • kernel boots up, initramfs dracut scripts will find two NBFT records, only one path gets connected successfully, the other one fails with Network is unreachable
      • link on a secondary network interface comes up sometime after boot

      Expected:

      • link up is detected on nbft1 by NetworkManager, interface is set up (DHCP lease, routes, etc.)
      • nvmf-connect-nbft.service will connect remaining targets as defined in NBFT

      Actual observations/issues:

      • needs https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/pull/2078
      • bug: the nvmf-connect-nbft.service systemd unit is not being started, no connection attempts are made --> missing hook somewhere or wrong service unit dependencies
      • manual systemctl start nvmf-connect-nbft.service will get all remaining paths connected

              tbzatek Tomáš Bžatek
              tbzatek Tomáš Bžatek
              Maurizio Lombardi Maurizio Lombardi
              Marco Patalano Marco Patalano
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