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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | KERNEL COMMAND LINE OPTIONS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

SYSTEMD-NETWORK-GENERATOR.SERVICE(8)generator.serviceENERATOR.SERVICE(8)

NAME         top

       systemd-network-generator.service, systemd-network-generator -
       Generate network configuration from the kernel command line

SYNOPSIS         top

       systemd-network-generator.service

       /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-network-generator

DESCRIPTION         top

       systemd-network-generator.service is a system service that
       translates ip= and the related settings on the kernel command
       line (see below) into systemd.network(5), systemd.netdev(5), and
       systemd.link(5) configuration files understood by
       systemd-networkd.service(8) and systemd-udevd.service(8).

       Files are generated in /run/systemd/network/.

       Note: despite the name, this generator executes as a normal
       systemd service and is not an implementation of the
       systemd.generator(7) concept.

KERNEL COMMAND LINE OPTIONS         top

       This tool understands the following options:

       ip=, rd.route=, rd.peerdns=
           — translated into systemd.network(5) files.

       ifname=, net.ifname-policy=
           — translated into systemd.link(5) files.

       vlan=, bond=, bridge=, bootdev=
           — translated into systemd.netdev(5) files.

       See dracut.kernel(7) and systemd-udevd.service(8) for option
       syntax and details.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), systemd-networkd.service(8), dracut(8)

COLOPHON         top

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systemd 252                         SYSTEMD-NETWORK-GENERATOR.SERVICE(8)

Pages that refer to this page: systemd.link(5),  systemd.netdev(5),  systemd.network(5),  systemd.directives(7),  systemd.index(7),  systemd-networkd.service(8),  systemd-udevd.service(8)

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