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diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index 3ad006e95..6c74b42db 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
[Link] section specifying how the device should be
configured. The first (in lexical order) of the link files that matches
a given device is applied.
+
+
+
+ [Match] Section Options
A link file is said to match a device if each of the entries in the
[Match] section matches, or if the section is empty.
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@
The driver currently bound to the device,
as exposed by the udev property DRIVER
- of its parent device, or if that is not set the
+ of its parent device, or if that is not set, the
driver as exposed by ethtool -i
of the device itself.
@@ -156,6 +160,11 @@
+
+
+
+ [Link] Section Options
+
The [Link] section accepts the following
keys:
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@
If the hardware has a persistent
MAC address, as most hardware should,
- and this is used by the kernel, nothing
+ and if it 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
@@ -222,22 +231,32 @@
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.
+
+
+
database
The name is set based on entries in
the udev's Hardware Database with the key
- ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE
- .
+ ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE.
+
@@ -245,8 +264,8 @@
The name is set based on information given by
the firmware for on-board devices, as exported by
- the udev property ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD
- .
+ the udev property ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD.
+
@@ -254,8 +273,8 @@
The name is set based on information given by
the firmware for hot-plug devices, as exported by
- the udev property ID_NET_NAME_SLOT
- .
+ the udev property ID_NET_NAME_SLOT.
+
@@ -329,7 +348,7 @@
magic
- Wake on receipt of a magic packet
+ Wake on receipt of a magic packet.