From 7c1cff4ff79f3121189403a8c1b7c350925b3aaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Gundersen Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:25:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: systemd.netdev - make it clear that we do not touch preexisting netdevs We will happily use bridges/bonds as master devices, but we will not change their settings if they were created by someone else. --- man/systemd.netdev.xml | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml index e7eb5a0fe..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, -- 2.30.2