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24<refentry id="systemd.link">
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25 <refentryinfo>
26 <title>systemd.link</title>
27 <productname>systemd</productname>
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29 <authorgroup>
30 <author>
31 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
32 <firstname>Tom</firstname>
33 <surname>Gundersen</surname>
34 </author>
35 </authorgroup>
36 </refentryinfo>
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38 <refmeta>
39 <refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
41 </refmeta>
1ff28eae 42
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43 <refnamediv>
44 <refname>systemd.link</refname>
45 <refpurpose>Network device configuration</refpurpose>
46 </refnamediv>
1ff28eae 47
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48 <refsynopsisdiv>
49 <para><filename><replaceable>link</replaceable>.link</filename></para>
50 </refsynopsisdiv>
1ff28eae 51
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52 <refsect1>
53 <title>Description</title>
1ff28eae 54
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55 <para>Network link configuration is performed by the
56 <command>net_setup_link</command> udev builtin.</para>
1ff28eae 57
798d3a52 58 <para>The link files are read from the files located in the system
12b42c76 59 network directory <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename>,
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60 the volatile runtime network directory
61 <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename>, and the local
62 administration network directory
12b42c76 63 <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>. Link files must have
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64 the extension <filename>.link</filename>; other extensions are
65 ignored. All link files are collectively sorted and processed in
66 lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live.
67 However, files with identical filenames replace each other. Files
68 in <filename>/etc</filename> have the highest priority, files in
69 <filename>/run</filename> take precedence over files with the same
12b42c76 70 name in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. This can be used to
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71 override a system-supplied link file with a local file if needed.
72 As a special case, an empty file (file size 0) or symlink with the
a8eaaee7 73 same name pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename> disables the
57e27ec0 74 configuration file entirely (it is "masked").</para>
1ff28eae 75
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76 <para>The link file contains a <literal>[Match]</literal> section,
77 which determines if a given link file may be applied to a given
78 device, as well as a <literal>[Link]</literal> section specifying
79 how the device should be configured. The first (in lexical order)
80 of the link files that matches a given device is applied. Note
81 that a default file <filename>99-default.link</filename> is
82 shipped by the system, any user-supplied
83 <filename>.link</filename> should hence have a lexically earlier
84 name to be considered at all.</para>
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85
86 <para>See
87 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
88 for diagnosing problems with <filename>.link</filename> files.</para>
798d3a52 89 </refsect1>
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91 <refsect1>
92 <title>[Match] Section Options</title>
1ff28eae 93
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94 <para>A link file is said to match a device if each of the entries
95 in the <literal>[Match]</literal> section matches, or if the
96 section is empty. The following keys are accepted:</para>
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98 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
101 <listitem>
102 <para>The hardware address.</para>
103 </listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105 <varlistentry>
106 <term><varname>OriginalName=</varname></term>
107 <listitem>
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108 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
109 the device name, as exposed by the udev property
2dd67817 110 "INTERFACE". This cannot be used to match on names that have
5256e00e 111 already been changed from userspace. Caution is advised when matching on
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112 kernel-assigned names, as they are known to be unstable
113 between reboots.</para>
114 </listitem>
115 </varlistentry>
116 <varlistentry>
117 <term><varname>Path=</varname></term>
118 <listitem>
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119 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
120 the persistent path, as exposed by the udev property
121 <literal>ID_PATH</literal>.</para>
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122 </listitem>
123 </varlistentry>
124 <varlistentry>
125 <term><varname>Driver=</varname></term>
126 <listitem>
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127 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
128 the driver currently bound to the device,
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129 as exposed by the udev property <literal>DRIVER</literal>
130 of its parent device, or if that is not set, the
131 driver as exposed by <literal>ethtool -i</literal>
132 of the device itself.</para>
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
135 <varlistentry>
136 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
137 <listitem>
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138 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
139 the device type, as exposed by the udev
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140 property <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
141 </listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143 <varlistentry>
144 <term><varname>Host=</varname></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Matches against the hostname or machine
147 ID of the host. See <literal>ConditionHost=</literal> in
148 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
149 for details.</para>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152 <varlistentry>
153 <term><varname>Virtualization=</varname></term>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>Checks whether the system is executed in
156 a virtualized environment and optionally test
157 whether it is a specific implementation. See
158 <literal>ConditionVirtualization=</literal> in
159 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
160 for details.</para>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163 <varlistentry>
164 <term><varname>KernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>Checks whether a specific kernel command line option
167 is set (or if prefixed with the exclamation mark unset). See
168 <literal>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</literal> in
169 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
170 for details.</para>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173 <varlistentry>
174 <term><varname>Architecture=</varname></term>
175 <listitem>
176 <para>Checks whether the system is running on a specific
177 architecture. See <literal>ConditionArchitecture=</literal>
178 in
179 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
180 for details.</para>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183 </variablelist>
1ff28eae 184
798d3a52 185 </refsect1>
102bd40e 186
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187 <refsect1>
188 <title>[Link] Section Options</title>
102bd40e 189
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190 <para>The <literal>[Link]</literal> section accepts the following
191 keys:</para>
1ff28eae 192
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193 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
194 <varlistentry>
195 <term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>A description of the device.</para>
198 </listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200 <varlistentry>
201 <term><varname>Alias=</varname></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>The <literal>ifalias</literal> is set to this
204 value.</para>
205 </listitem>
206 </varlistentry>
207 <varlistentry>
208 <term><varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname></term>
209 <listitem>
210 <para>The policy by which the MAC address should be set. The
211 available policies are:
212 </para>
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214 <variablelist>
215 <varlistentry>
216 <term><literal>persistent</literal></term>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>If the hardware has a persistent MAC address, as
219 most hardware should, and if it is used by the kernel,
220 nothing is done. Otherwise, a new MAC address is
221 generated which is guaranteed to be the same on every
222 boot for the given machine and the given device, but
1c25683e 223 which is otherwise random. This feature depends on ID_NET_NAME_*
a8eaaee7 224 properties to exist for the link. On hardware where these
b938cb90 225 properties are not set, the generation of a persistent MAC address
1c25683e 226 will fail.</para>
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227 </listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229 <varlistentry>
230 <term><literal>random</literal></term>
231 <listitem>
232 <para>If the kernel is using a random MAC address,
233 nothing is done. Otherwise, a new address is randomly
234 generated each time the device appears, typically at
b938cb90 235 boot. Either way, the random address will have the
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236 <literal>unicast</literal> and
237 <literal>locally administered</literal> bits set.</para>
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238 </listitem>
239 </varlistentry>
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240 <varlistentry>
241 <term><literal>none</literal></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>Keeps the MAC address assigned by the kernel.</para>
244 </listitem>
245 </varlistentry>
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246 </variablelist>
247 </listitem>
248 </varlistentry>
249 <varlistentry>
250 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
251 <listitem>
252 <para>The MAC address to use, if no
253 <literal>MACAddressPolicy=</literal>
254 is specified.</para>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257 <varlistentry>
258 <term><varname>NamePolicy=</varname></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>An ordered, space-separated list of policies by which
261 the interface name should be set.
262 <literal>NamePolicy</literal> may be disabled by specifying
263 <literal>net.ifnames=0</literal> on the kernel command line.
264 Each of the policies may fail, and the first successful one
265 is used. The name is not set directly, but is exported to
266 udev as the property <literal>ID_NET_NAME</literal>, which
267 is, by default, used by a udev rule to set
268 <literal>NAME</literal>. If the name has already been set by
269 userspace, no renaming is performed. The available policies
270 are:</para>
1ff28eae 271
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272 <variablelist>
273 <varlistentry>
274 <term><literal>kernel</literal></term>
275 <listitem>
276 <para>If the kernel claims that the name it has set
277 for a device is predictable, then no renaming is
278 performed.</para>
279 </listitem>
280 </varlistentry>
281 <varlistentry>
282 <term><literal>database</literal></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>The name is set based on entries in the udev's
285 Hardware Database with the key
286 <literal>ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE</literal>.
287 </para>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290 <varlistentry>
291 <term><literal>onboard</literal></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>The name is set based on information given by
294 the firmware for on-board devices, as exported by the
295 udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD</literal>.
296 </para>
297 </listitem>
298 </varlistentry>
299 <varlistentry>
300 <term><literal>slot</literal></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>The name is set based on information given by
303 the firmware for hot-plug devices, as exported by the
304 udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</literal>.
305 </para>
306 </listitem>
307 </varlistentry>
308 <varlistentry>
309 <term><literal>path</literal></term>
310 <listitem>
311 <para>The name is set based on the device's physical
312 location, as exported by the udev property
313 <literal>ID_NET_NAME_PATH</literal>.</para>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316 <varlistentry>
317 <term><literal>mac</literal></term>
318 <listitem>
319 <para>The name is set based on the device's persistent
320 MAC address, as exported by the udev property
321 <literal>ID_NET_NAME_MAC</literal>.</para>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324 </variablelist>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327 <varlistentry>
328 <term><varname>Name=</varname></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>The interface name to use in case all the
331 policies specified in
332 <varname>NamePolicy=</varname> fail, or in case
333 <varname>NamePolicy=</varname> is missing or
334 disabled.</para>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337 <varlistentry>
338 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
339 <listitem>
340 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
341 device. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
342 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345 <varlistentry>
346 <term><varname>BitsPerSecond=</varname></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>The speed to set for the device, the value is rounded
349 down to the nearest Mbps. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are
350 supported and are understood to the base of 1000.</para>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353 <varlistentry>
354 <term><varname>Duplex=</varname></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>The duplex mode to set for the device. The accepted
357 values are <literal>half</literal> and
358 <literal>full</literal>.</para>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
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361 <varlistentry>
362 <term><varname>AutoNegotiation=</varname></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>Enables or disables automatic negotiation of transmission parameters.
365 Autonegotiation is a procedure by which two connected ethernet devices choose
366 common transmission parameters, such as speed, duplex mode, and flow control.
367 Takes a boolean value. Unset by default, which means that the kernel default
368 will be used.</para>
369
370 <para>Note that if autonegotiation is enabled, speed and duplex settings are
371 read-only. If autonegotation is disabled, speed and duplex settings are writable
372 if the driver supports multiple link modes.</para>
373 </listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
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375 <varlistentry>
376 <term><varname>WakeOnLan=</varname></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>The Wake-on-LAN policy to set for the device. The
379 supported values are:</para>
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381 <variablelist>
382 <varlistentry>
383 <term><literal>phy</literal></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>Wake on PHY activity.</para>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388 <varlistentry>
389 <term><literal>magic</literal></term>
390 <listitem>
391 <para>Wake on receipt of a magic packet.
392 </para>
393 </listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395 <varlistentry>
396 <term><literal>off</literal></term>
397 <listitem>
398 <para>Never wake.</para>
399 </listitem>
400 </varlistentry>
401 </variablelist>
402 </listitem>
403 </varlistentry>
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404 <varlistentry>
405 <term><varname>TCPSegmentationOffload=</varname></term>
406 <listitem>
407 <para>The TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) when true enables
408 TCP segmentation offload. Takes a boolean value.
409 Defaults to "unset".</para>
410 </listitem>
411 </varlistentry>
412 <varlistentry>
413 <term><varname>GenericSegmentationOffload=</varname></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>The Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) when true enables
416 generic segmentation offload. Takes a boolean value.
417 Defaults to "unset".</para>
418 </listitem>
419 </varlistentry>
420 <varlistentry>
421 <term><varname>UDPSegmentationOffload=</varname></term>
422 <listitem>
423 <para>The UDP Segmentation Offload (USO) when true enables
424 UDP segmentation offload. Takes a boolean value.
425 Defaults to "unset".</para>
426 </listitem>
427 </varlistentry>
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428 <varlistentry>
429 <term><varname>GenericReceiveOffload=</varname></term>
430 <listitem>
431 <para>The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) when true enables
432 generic receive offload. Takes a boolean value.
433 Defaults to "unset".</para>
434 </listitem>
435 </varlistentry>
436 <varlistentry>
437 <term><varname>LargeReceiveOffload=</varname></term>
438 <listitem>
439 <para>The Large Receive Offload (LRO) when true enables
440 large receive offload. Takes a boolean value.
441 Defaults to "unset".</para>
442 </listitem>
443 </varlistentry>
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444 </variablelist>
445 </refsect1>
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798d3a52 447 <refsect1>
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448 <title>Examples</title>
449
450 <example>
451 <title>/usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link</title>
452
453 <para>The link file <filename>99-default.link</filename> that is
454 shipped with systemd defines the default naming policy for
455 links.</para>
456
457 <programlisting>[Link]
458NamePolicy=kernel database onboard slot path
459MACAddressPolicy=persistent</programlisting>
460 </example>
461
462 <example>
463 <title>/etc/systemd/network/10-dmz.link</title>
464
465 <para>This example assigns the fixed name
466 <literal>dmz0</literal> to the interface with the MAC address
467 00:a0:de:63:7a:e6:</para>
468
469 <programlisting>[Match]
470MACAddress=00:a0:de:63:7a:e6
471
472[Link]
473Name=dmz0</programlisting>
474 </example>
475
476 <example>
477 <title>/etc/systemd/network/10-internet.link</title>
478
479 <para>This example assigns the fixed name
480 <literal>internet0</literal> to the interface with the device
481 path <literal>pci-0000:00:1a.0-*</literal>:</para>
482
483 <programlisting>[Match]
484Path=pci-0000:00:1a.0-*
485
486[Link]
487Name=internet0</programlisting>
488 </example>
489
798d3a52 490 <example>
6c1695be 491 <title>/etc/systemd/network/25-wireless.link</title>
1ff28eae 492
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493 <para>Here's an overly complex example that shows the use of a large number of [Match] and [Link] settings.</para>
494
798d3a52 495 <programlisting>[Match]
7abaad1a 496MACAddress=12:34:56:78:9a:bc
497Driver=brcmsmac
498Path=pci-0000:02:00.0-*
499Type=wlan
500Virtualization=no
501Host=my-laptop
502Architecture=x86-64
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7abaad1a 504[Link]
505Name=wireless0
506MTUBytes=1450
507BitsPerSecond=10M
508WakeOnLan=magic
509MACAddress=cb:a9:87:65:43:21</programlisting>
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510 </example>
511 </refsect1>
1ff28eae 512
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513 <refsect1>
514 <title>See Also</title>
515 <para>
516 <citerefentry>
517 <refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
518 </citerefentry>,
519 <citerefentry>
520 <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
521 </citerefentry>,
522 <citerefentry>
523 <refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
524 </citerefentry>,
525 <citerefentry>
526 <refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
527 </citerefentry>
528 </para>
529 </refsect1>
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