Update for systemd persistent interface mask

[forks/vmdebootstrap.git] / vmdebootstrap.8.in

diff --git a/vmdebootstrap.8.in b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
index 19f5adc6ea48b6286688546bd81639794499ed1c..61286ace12f844ce3615b79d2724f5738c442910 100644 (file)
--- a/vmdebootstrap.8.in
+++ b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ into /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup:
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet dhcp
 
+For systems running newer versions of systemd, the interface name needs
+to be set in advance of the first boot instead of being dependent on the
+boot itself. See the http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/
+.b vmdebootstrap
+disables this behaviour by symlinking /dev/null to /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
+
 .SH BOOTLOADERS
 Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux or \-\-grub options are specified, the
 image will use