debian/udev.README.Debian updates

Move network interface hotplug documentation into separate section.

Point out that "lo" does not need to be configured in ifupdown under systemd.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1899cfcc2769c9bd96414dd3d299084800e4099b..79e88fa30aedac61895887c798dd10fa64cbd659 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ systemd (220-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * dracut: Fix path to systemd-fsck. (Closes: #787553)
   * Ignore test failures during build if /etc/machine-id is missing (which is
     the case in a few buildd chroots still). (Closes: #787258)
+  * debian/udev.README.Debian: Move network interface hotplug documentation
+    into separate section. Point out that "lo" does not need to be configured
+    in ifupdown under systemd.
 
  -- Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>  Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:23:26 +0200
 

diff --git a/debian/udev.README.Debian b/debian/udev.README.Debian
index 7a731ec0597a97906e860432808dfba2335a59bf..a3db198e3ca341797cd56e07f126669e3456b48a 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/udev.README.Debian
+++ b/debian/udev.README.Debian
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 This documents udev integration Debian specifics. Please see man udev(7) and
 its referenced manpages for general documentation.
 
-Network Interfaces
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-After receiving events about network interfaces, net.agent will call
-ifupdown using the --allow=hotplug option. This makes the program act
-only on interfaces marked with the "allow-hotplug" statement.
-E.g: "allow-hotplug eth0" instead of the usual "auto eth0".
-The loopback interface must always be configured with "auto lo".
-
+Network interface naming
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The persistent names of network interfaces by default are automatically
 written to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules .
 Users can add their own rules there or at any other place before 70.
@@ -30,6 +24,14 @@ explicitly setting "export NEED_PERSISTENT_NET=yes" in a file in
 If 70-persistent-net.rules is copied to the initramfs then it must be
 updated every time a new interface is added.
 
+Hotplugged Network Interfaces
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+After receiving events about network interfaces, net.agent will call
+ifupdown using the --allow=hotplug option. This makes the program act
+only on interfaces marked with the "allow-hotplug" statement.
+E.g: "allow-hotplug eth0" instead of the usual "auto eth0".
+Under SysVinit, the loopback interface must always be configured with "auto
+lo". Under systemd it is not necessary to explicitly configure "lo".
 
 Using udev with LDAP or NIS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~