[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/2] docs: network-management: link to systemd.link documentation
Christoph Heiss
c.heiss at proxmox.com
Tue Aug 12 14:57:18 CEST 2025
Might be useful for users, to get a quick overview of the syntax and
semantics of the options.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss at proxmox.com>
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docs/network-management.rst | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/network-management.rst b/docs/network-management.rst
index f1dc4cc5..afbdb475 100644
--- a/docs/network-management.rst
+++ b/docs/network-management.rst
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ Overriding network device names
When upgrading kernels, adding PCIe devices or updating your BIOS, automatically
generated network interface names can change. To alleviate this issues, Proxmox
-Backup Server provides a tool for automatically generating .link files for
-overriding the name of network devices. It also automatically replaces the
-occurrences of the old interface name in ``/etc/network/interfaces``.
+Backup Server provides a tool for automatically generating `systemd .link`_
+files for overriding the name of network devices. It also automatically replaces
+the occurrences of the old interface name in ``/etc/network/interfaces``.
The generated link files are stored in ``/usr/local/lib/systemd/network``. For
the interfaces file a new file will be generated in the same place with a
@@ -151,3 +151,5 @@ interface should be pinned to:
In order to apply the changes made by ``proxmox-network-interface-pinning`` to
the network configuration, the host needs to be rebooted.
+
+.. _systemd .link: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.link.html
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