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diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index 05effc3b7..0eb395089 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -92,13 +92,25 @@
The hardware address.
+
+ OriginalName=
+
+ The device name, as exposed by the udev
+ property "INTERFACE". May contain shell style
+ globs. This can not be used to match on names
+ that have already been changed from userspace.
+ Caution is adviced when matching on
+ kernel-assigned names, as they are known to
+ be unstable between reboots.
+
+
Path=
- The persistent path, as exposed by the
- udev property ID_PATH. May
- contain shell style globs.
-
+ The persistent path, as exposed by the
+ udev property ID_PATH. May
+ contain shell style globs.
+
Driver=
@@ -231,15 +243,25 @@
be set. NamePolicy may be
disabled by specifying
net.ifnames=0 on the kernel
- commandline. Each of the policies may fail, and
+ command line. 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 ID_NET_NAME,
which is, by default, used by a udev rule to set
- NAME. The available policies
- are:
+ NAME. If the name has already
+ been set by userspace, no renaming is performed.
+ The available policies are:
+
+ kernel
+
+ If the kernel claims that the name it
+ has set for a device is predictable, then
+ no renaming is performed.
+
+
+
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