diff options
| author | Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> | 2014-07-14 12:25:42 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> | 2014-07-14 12:25:42 +0200 |
| commit | 7c1cff4ff79f3121189403a8c1b7c350925b3aaa (patch) | |
| tree | b97e4cadc124c47c8fa3daae66d178b3077f0a4c /man/systemd.netdev.xml | |
| parent | dde2efef37b25f759a8690be7b8be353daa3ff75 (diff) | |
man: systemd.netdev - make it clear that we do not touch preexisting netdevs
We will happily use bridges/bonds as master devices, but we will not change their settings if they were created by
someone else.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.netdev.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.netdev.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml index e7eb5a0fe0..0a2cbab093 100644 --- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml +++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml @@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ <para>Virtual Network Device files must have the extension <filename>.netdev</filename>; other extensions are ignored. Virtual - network devices are created as soon as networkd is started.</para> + network devices are created as soon as networkd is started. If a netdev + with the specified name already exists, networkd will use that as-is + rather than create its own. Note that the settings of the pre-existing + netdev will not be changed by networkd.</para> <para>The <filename>.netdev</filename> files are read from the files located in the system network directory <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename>, |