From 8cc48ca38346f262f8cfb3cce9b38da8f82d4527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Manivong <christian.manivong@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:08:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: include remote chassis MAC in LLDP neighbor entries

Enables MAC-based topology matching against devices that report their
own MAC but not a usable system name.
---
 napalm_linux/linux.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/napalm_linux/linux.py b/napalm_linux/linux.py
index 14f5323..04143b4 100644
--- a/napalm_linux/linux.py
+++ b/napalm_linux/linux.py
@@ -257,10 +257,15 @@ class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
             entries.setdefault(iface, {})[subkey] = value
 
         for iface, data in entries.items():
-            neighbors.setdefault(iface, []).append({
+            entry = {
                 "hostname": data.get("chassis.name", ""),
                 "port": data.get("port.ifname", data.get("port.id.value", "")),
-            })
+            }
+            if data.get("chassis.id.subtype") == "mac":
+                mac = data.get("chassis.id.value", "")
+                if re.match(r"^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}:){5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}$", mac):
+                    entry["mac"] = mac.lower()
+            neighbors.setdefault(iface, []).append(entry)
 
         return neighbors