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authorSusant Sahani <susant@redhat.com>2017-04-25 16:06:50 +0530
committerSusant Sahani <susant@redhat.com>2017-04-26 16:00:44 +0530
commit95b74ef6ea03632e050cddd99db8b42f30e6e824 (patch)
treee6d0e68ac29dfb9aac2ea2256a2dc5bfd0eac729 /man/systemd.network.xml
parent30746d6088ccfec802972fd5ee12a1e945a0f69b (diff)
networkd: add support for address label
IPv6 address labels are used for address selection; they are described in RFC 3484. Precedence is managed by userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel. enp0s25.network [Match] Name=enp0s25 [Network] DHCP=yes Address = 2001:db8:f00:baa::b [AddressLabel] Label=199 Prefix=2001:db8:41::/64 [AddressLabel] Label=11 Prefix=2001:db8:31::/64 [AddressLabel] Label=123 Prefix=2001:db8:21::/64 [AddressLabel] Label=124 Prefix=2001:db8:11::/64 [sus@maximus label]$ ip addrlabel list prefix ::1/128 label 0 prefix ::/96 label 3 prefix ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 label 4 prefix 2001:db8:41::/64 dev enp0s25 label 199 prefix 2001:db8:31::/64 dev enp0s25 label 11 prefix 2001:db8:21::/64 dev enp0s25 label 123 prefix 2001:db8:11::/64 dev enp0s25 label 124 prefix 2001::/32 label 6 prefix 2001:10::/28 label 7 prefix 3ffe::/16 label 12 prefix 2002::/16 label 2 prefix fec0::/10 label 11 prefix fc00::/7 label 5 prefix ::/0 label 1
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@@ -796,6 +796,33 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[IPv6AddressLabel] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>An <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal> section accepts the
+ following keys. Specify several <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal>
+ sections to configure several addresse labels. IPv6 address labels are
+ used for address selection. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>.
+ Precedence is managed by userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> The label for the prefix (an unsigned integer) ranges 0 to 4294967294.
+ 0xffffffff is reserved. This key is mandatory.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>IPv6 prefix is an address with a prefix length, separated by a slash <literal>/</literal> character.
+ This key is mandatory. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>[Route] Section Options</title>
<para>The <literal>[Route]</literal> section accepts the