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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-11-17 11:53:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-11-17 12:37:44 +0100 |
| commit | 905a03e71dc00a47396344170592faaedc6c44f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 52a8d860640c0c887b342fdf6be56027b31d9e3e /man | |
| parent | de70ff66dc628062d4f04270988b92ba0aef2420 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-905a03e71dc00a47396344170592faaedc6c44f4.tar.gz | |
NEWS,man: improve descriptions of Independent=
In NEWS, the new option was described twice, most likely because the first
description was tucked away in a paragraph about some other subject.
While at it, improve the descriptions in the man page to make it easier to grok
what that option really does.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.netdev.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml index fab5f0cdef..f8a5c6dc86 100644 --- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml +++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml @@ -819,8 +819,9 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without underlying interfaces. - Defaults to <literal>false</literal>.</para> + <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without any underlying network + interface. Defaults to false, which means that a .network file that requests this tunnel using + <varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required for the tunnel to be created.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -1277,9 +1278,10 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>Takes a boolean. When true tunnel does not require .network file. Created as "tunnel@NONE". - Defaults to <literal>false</literal>. - </para> + <para>Takes a boolean. When false (the default), the tunnel is always created over some network + device, and a .network file that requests this tunnel using <varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required + for the tunnel to be created. When true, the tunnel is created independently of any network as + "tunnel@NONE".</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -1949,10 +1951,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>no</literal>, the xfrm interface should have an - underlying device which can be used for hardware offloading. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>. - See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for how to configure the underlying device.</para> + <para>Takes a boolean. If false (the default), the xfrm interface must have an underlying device + which can be used for hardware offloading.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |