disables the configuration file entirely.</para>
<refsect2><title>Virtual Network Devices</title>
- <para>Netdev files must have the extension <filename>.netdev</filename>;
- other extensions are ignored. Virtual network devices are created as soon
- as networkd is started.</para>
+ <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>
- <para>The <literal>[Netdev]</literal> section accepts the following
+ <para>The <literal>[NetDev]</literal> section accepts the following
keys:</para>
<variablelist class='network-directives'>
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>