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-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>, |