X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.netdev.xml;h=0a2cbab09398e355bb03d4b192898a7d00971063;hb=4e6029435111adcad71489aca2dd68bc65aeffd4;hp=5d033e77d39c5e24259895b8d2bf1a0691a0fde2;hpb=9e358851b470a1994287c8cb1d9eb78837faaf60;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml index 5d033e77d..0a2cbab09 100644 --- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml +++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml @@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ Virtual Network Device files must have the extension .netdev; other extensions are ignored. Virtual - network devices are created as soon as networkd is started. + network devices are created as soon as networkd is started. If a netdev + with the specified name already exists, networkd will use that as-is + rather than create its own. Note that the settings of the pre-existing + netdev will not be changed by networkd. The .netdev files are read from the files located in the system network directory /usr/lib/systemd/network, @@ -163,7 +166,8 @@ macvlan, vxlan, ipip, gre, sit, vti, - veth, and dummy + veth, tun, + tap and dummy are supported. This option is compulsory. @@ -339,6 +343,85 @@ + + [Tun] Section Options + + The [Tun] section only applies for netdevs of kind + tun, and accepts the following keys: + + + + OneQueue= + Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether + all packets are queued at the device (enabled), or a fixed number + of packets are queued at the device and the rest at the + qdisc. Defaults to no. + + + + MultiQueue= + Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether to + use multiple file descriptors (queues) to parallelize packets + sending and receiving. Defaults to no. + + + + PacketInfo= + Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether packets + should be prepened with four extra bytes (two flag bytes and two + protocol bytes). If disabled it indicates that the packets will be + pure IP packets. Defaults to no. + + + + User= + User to grant access to the /dev/net/tun + device. + + + + Group= + Group to grant access to the /dev/net/tun + device. + + + + + + + + + [Tap] Section Options + + The [Tap] section only applies for netdevs of kind + tap, and accepts the same keys as the + [Tun] section. + + + + [Bond] Section Options + + The [Bond] section accepts the following + key: + + + + Mode= + + Specifies one of the bonding policies. The default is balance-rr (round robin). + balance-rr + active-backup + balance-xor + broadcast + 802.3ad + balance-tlb + balance-alb + + + + + + Example @@ -374,6 +457,15 @@ Local=192.168.223.238 Remote=192.169.224.239 TTL=64 + + /etc/systemd/network/tap.netdev + [NetDev] +Name=tap-test +Kind=tap + +[Tap] +MultiQueue=true +PacketInfo=true /etc/systemd/network/sit.netdev