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network: enable LLDP for links that use only link-local addressing
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@amutable.com>
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:15:20 +0000 (14:15 +0100)
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@amutable.com>
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:09:33 +0000 (17:09 +0100)
commitc8aa7b152f423cc2147afbb8b9245f056103d1f7
treee970f42cc886b09701a1e2bb8315f15151fec8d1
parente48b6fca76ae1105e6305b3f3c1c15c4c42639ef
network: enable LLDP for links that use only link-local addressing

Links with link-local-only communication are typically peer-to-peer
links between two laptops or similar. In such cases it makes sense to be
able to see which device one is specifically connected to, hence let's
just enable LLDP for it. This doesn't leak any data really, given that
this is inherently local, and typically only used between isolated
systems that are under the same user's possession.

Background: I recently connected multiple laptops via thunderbolt networking
and was kinda annoyed not being able to see what system I was actually
talking to.

(Also, the file touched here is an example only anyway, so even if this
would leak too much info, it's not in effect by default)
network/80-auto-link-local.network.example