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Name

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

Synopsis

systemd-network-generator.service

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

Description

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/.

Kernel command line options

This tool understands the following options:

ip=, rd.route=, rd.peerdns=

— translated into systemd.network(5) files.

ifname=

— translated into systemd.link(5) files.

vlan=, bond=, bridge=, bootdev=

— translated into systemd.netdev(5) files.

See dracut.kernel(7) for option syntax and details.

See Also

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