</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>-=</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Remove the value from a key that holds a list of entries.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>:=</literal></term>
<listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching. The following
- pattern characters are supported:</para>
+ <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching and
+ alternate patterns. The following special characters are supported:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>*</literal></term>
any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>|</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Separates alternative patterns. For example, the pattern string
+ <literal>abc|x*</literal> would match either <literal>abc</literal>
+ or <literal>x*</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The following keys can get values assigned:</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>NAME</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The name to use for a network interface. The name of a device node
- cannot be changed by udev, only additional symlinks can be created.</para>
+ <para>The name to use for a network interface. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for a higher-level mechanism for setting the interface name.
+ The name of a device node cannot be changed by udev, only additional
+ symlinks can be created.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
priorities overwrite existing symlinks of other devices. The default is 0.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>event_timeout=</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Number of seconds an event waits for operations to finish before
- giving up and terminating itself.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>string_escape=<replaceable>none|replace</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The content of all hwdb files is read by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and compiled to a binary database located at <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>.
+ and compiled to a binary database located at <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>,
+ or alternatively <filename>/usr/lib/udev/hwdb.bin</filename> if you want ship the compiled
+ database in an immutable image.
During runtime only the binary database is used.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Network Link Configuration</title>
- <para>Network link configuration is performed by the <literal>net_setup_link</literal>
- udev builtin.</para>
-
- <para>The link files are read from the files located in the
- system network directory <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename>,
- the volatile runtime network directory <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename>
- and the local administration network directory <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>.
- Link files must have the extension <filename>.link</filename>; other extensions are ignored.
- All link files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order,
- regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with
- identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename>
- have the highest priority, files in <filename>/run</filename> take precedence
- over files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. This can be
- used to override a system-supplied link file with a local file if needed;
- a symlink in <filename>/etc</filename> with the same name as a link file in
- <filename>/usr/lib</filename>, pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
- disables the link file entirely.</para>
-
- <para>The link file contains a <literal>[Match]</literal> section, which
- determines if a given link file may be applied to a given device; and a
- <literal>[Link]</literal> section specifying how the device should be
- configured. The first (in lexical order) of the link files that matches
- a given device is applied.</para>
-
- <para>A link file is said to match a device if each of the entries in the
- <literal>[Match]</literal> section matches, or if the section is empty.
- The following keys are accepted:</para>
-
- <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> of its parent device.</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>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The <literal>[Link]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Description</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A description of the device.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Alias</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The <literal>ifalias</literal> is set to this value.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MACAddressPolicy</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The policy by which the MAC address should be set. The
- available policies are:
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>persistent</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>If the hardware has a persistent MAC address, as most
- hardware should, and this is used by the kernel, nothing is
- done. Otherwise, a new MAC address is generated which is
- guaranteed to be the same on every boot for the given
- machine and the given device, but which is otherwise random.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>random</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>If the kernel is using a random MAC address, nothing is
- done. Otherwise, a new address is randomly generated each
- time the device appears, typically at boot.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MACAddress</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The MAC address to use, if no <literal>MACAddressPolicy</literal>
- is specified.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>NamePolicy</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>An ordered, space-separated list of policies by which the
- interface name should be set. <literal>NamePolicy</literal> may
- be disabled by specifying <literal>net.ifnames=0</literal> on the
- kernel commandline. Each of the policies may fail, and the first
- successful one is used. The name is not set directly, but
- is exported to udev as the property <literal>ID_NET_NAME</literal>,
- which is, by default, used by a udev rule to set
- <literal>NAME</literal>. The available policies are:
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>database</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name is set based on entries in the Hardware
- Database with the key
- <literal>ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>onboard</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name is set based on information given by the
- firmware for on-board devices, as exported by the udev
- property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>slot</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name is set based on information given by the
- firmware for hot-plug devices, as exported by the udev
- property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>path</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name is set based on the device's physical location,
- as exported by the udev property
- <literal>ID_NET_NAME_PATH</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>mac</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The name is set based on the device's persistent MAC
- address, as exported by the udev property
- <literal>ID_NET_NAME_MAC</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Name</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The interface name to use in case all the policies specified
- in <literal>NamePolicy</literal> fail, or in case
- <literal>NamePolicy</literal> is missing or disabled.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MTU</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The MTU to set for the device.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SpeedMBytes</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The speed to set for the device.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Duplex</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The duplex mode to set for the device. The accepted values
- are <literal>half</literal> and <literal>full</literal>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>WakeOnLan</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The Wake-on-LAN policy to set for the device. The supported
- values are:
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>phy</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Wake on PHY activity.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>magic</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Wake on receipt of a magic packet.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>off</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Never wake.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>