<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>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Match] Section Options</title>
<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.
<listitem>
<para>The driver currently bound to the device,
as exposed by the udev property <literal>DRIVER</literal>
- 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 <literal>ethtool -i</literal>
of the device itself.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Link] Section Options</title>
+
<para>The <literal>[Link]</literal> section accepts the following
keys:</para>
<listitem>
<para>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
<listitem>
<para>The name is set based on entries in
the udev's Hardware Database with the key
- <literal>ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE</literal>
- .</para>
+ <literal>ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE</literal>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<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>
+ the udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD</literal>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<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>
+ the udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</literal>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>magic</literal></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Wake on receipt of a magic packet
+ <para>Wake on receipt of a magic packet.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>