<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more details. When the MAC address is specified, the policies are applied to the
interface which has the address. When no MAC address is specified, the policies are applied
- to all interfaces. This kernel command line argument can be specified multiple times. This
- argument is not directly read from <command>systemd-udevd</command>, but read and converted
- to a .link file by <command>systemd-network-generator</command>. So, to make this argument
- take effect, <filename>systemd-network-generator.service</filename> must be enabled and
- started before starting <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-network-generator.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more details about the service.</para>
+ to all interfaces. This kernel command line argument can be specified multiple times.</para>
+
+ <para>This argument is not directly read by <command>systemd-udevd</command>, but is instead
+ converted to a .link file by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-network-generator.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ For this argument to take effect, <filename>systemd-network-generator.service</filename> must be
+ enabled.</para>
+
<para>Example:
<programlisting>net.ifname-policy=keep,kernel,path,slot,onboard,01:23:45:67:89:ab
net.ifname-policy=keep,kernel,path,slot,onboard,mac</programlisting>