- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MACAddress</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The hardware address.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Path</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The persistent path, as exposed by the udev
- property <literal>ID_PATH</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Driver</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The driver currently bound to the device, as
- exposed by the udev property <literal>DRIVER</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Type</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The device type, as exposed by the udev property
- <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Name</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The device name, as exposed by the udev property
- <literal>INTERFACE</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The <literal>[Network]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Description</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A description of the device. This is only used for
- presentation purposes.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>DHCP</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A boolean. When true enables basic DHCPv4 support.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Address</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A static IPv4 or IPv6 address and its prefix length,
- separated by a '/' character. The format of the address must
- be as described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- . This is a short-hand for an [Address] section only containing an Address key (see below).</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Gateway</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The gateway address, which must be in the format described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- . This is a short-hand for a [Route] section only containing a Gateway key.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>DNS</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- .</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Bridge</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name of the bridge to add the configured link to.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Bond</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name of the bond to add the configured link to.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The <literal>[Address]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Address</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This key is mandatory.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Label</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>An address label.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The <literal>[Route]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Gateway</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This key is mandatory.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Destination</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The destination prefix of the route. Possibly followed by a slash and the
- prefixlength, if ommitted a full-length host route is assumed.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>UseDNS</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>When true (the default) the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will
- be used, and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>UseMTU</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>When true the interface maximum transmission unit from the DHCP server will
- be used on the current link. Defaults to false.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>UseHostname</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>When true (the default) the hostname received from the DHCP server
- will be used as the transient hostname.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CriticalConnection</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>When true the connection will never be torn down even if the DHCP lease
- expires. This is contrary to the DHCP specification, but may be the best choice
- if, say, the root filesystem relies on this connection. Defaults to false.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect2>