Add support for specifying the `pci_slot` number of network interfaces on `r/virtual_machine`

[mvrk69]

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Description

Would be very useful to have the possibility of specifying the pci_slot number for each network interface on VM creation.

Use Case(s)

For example, when i create a Linux VM with 4 network interfaces, for some reason VMware does this:

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "192"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "224"
ethernet2.pciSlotNumber = "256"
ethernet3.pciSlotNumber = "1184"

This makes the ethernet3 showing up as 1st network interface on Linux.

To fix it, i change the vmx file manually to:

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "1184"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "192"
ethernet2.pciSlotNumber = "224"
ethernet3.pciSlotNumber = "256"

Potential Terraform Provider Configuration

  network_interface {
    network_id = data.vsphere_network.network1.id
    pci_slot = 1184
  }
  network_interface {
    network_id = data.vsphere_network.network2.id
    pci_slot = 192
  }
  network_interface {
    network_id = data.vsphere_network.network3.id
    pci_slot = 224
  }
  network_interface {
    network_id = data.vsphere_network.network4.id
    pci_slot = 256
  }

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