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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2022-03-22 08:44:44 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2022-03-22 14:07:53 +0100
commit94f7ee9770161604c60dd0949c65173ca34d774f (patch)
treed89d22dfad4285e695f468b7cd646ef6e5294d3d /man/systemd.network.xml
parent8bab6193831c58195ad65b227fdd47dbe017137b (diff)
downloadsystemd-94f7ee9770161604c60dd0949c65173ca34d774f.tar.gz
man: clarify that options set the message fields and are not derived from them
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.network.xml')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index ec270e5e96..bc2d1615f9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -2629,10 +2629,10 @@ Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>BootServerAddress=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Takes an IPv4 address of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified,
- the address is set to the <literal>siaddr</literal> field of the DHCP message header. See
- <ulink url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2131.html">RFC 2131</ulink> for more details.
- Defaults to unset.</para>
+ <para>Takes an IPv4 address of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified, this
+ address is sent in the <option>siaddr</option> field of the DHCP message header. See <ulink
+ url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2131.html">RFC 2131</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
+ unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2640,13 +2640,13 @@ Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>BootServerName=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Takes a name of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified, the
- server name is set to the DHCP option 66. See
- <ulink url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details.
- Defaults to unset.</para>
- <para>Note that typically one of
- <varname>BootServerName=</varname>/<varname>BootServerAddress=</varname> is sufficient to be
- set, but both can be set too, if desired.</para>
+ <para>Takes a name of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified, this name is
+ sent in the DHCP option 66 ("TFTP server name"). See <ulink
+ url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
+ unset.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that typically setting one of <varname>BootServerName=</varname> or
+ <varname>BootServerAddress=</varname> is sufficient, but both can be set too, if desired.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2654,10 +2654,10 @@ Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>BootFilename=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Takes a path or URL to a file loaded by e.g. a PXE boot loader. The specified path is
- set to the DHCP option 67. See
- <ulink url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details.
- Defaults to unset.</para>
+ <para>Takes a path or URL to a file loaded by e.g. a PXE boot loader. When specified, this path is
+ sent in the DHCP option 67 ("Bootfile name"). See <ulink
+ url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
+ unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>