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 <?xml version='1.0'?>
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
--->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
 
 <refentry id="systemd-udevd.service"
           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
           when possible. It is enabled by default; specifying 0 disables it.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when possible (unless
+          <varname>net.ifnames=0</varname> is specified, see above). With this kernel command line option it
+          is possible to pick a specific version of this algorithm and override the default chosen at
+          compilation time. Expects one of the naming scheme identifiers listed in
+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.net-naming-scheme</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+          or <literal>latest</literal> to select the latest scheme known (to this particular version of
+          <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename>).</para>
+
+          <para>Note that selecting a specific scheme is not sufficient to fully stabilize interface naming:
+          the naming is generally derived from driver attributes exposed by the kernel. As the kernel is
+          updated, previously missing attributes <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename> is checking might
+          appear, which affects older name derivation algorithms, too.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
-    <!-- when adding entries here, consider also adding them
-         in kernel-command-line.xml -->
- </refsect1>
+    <!-- when adding entries here, consider also adding them in kernel-command-line.xml -->
+  </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
     <title>See Also</title>