From f096a48e2195d0189742f8ed2e61cb0091d8fc62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:25:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: systemd.netdev - make it clear that we do not touch
 preexisting netdevs

We will happily use bridges/bonds as master devices, but we will not change their settings if they were created by
someone else.

(cherry picked from commit 7c1cff4ff79f3121189403a8c1b7c350925b3aaa)
---
 man/systemd.netdev.xml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index 857221fdb0..347f80e692 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
 
                 <para>Virtual Network Device files must have the extension
                 <filename>.netdev</filename>; other extensions are ignored. Virtual
-                network devices are created as soon as networkd is started.</para>
+                network devices are created as soon as networkd is started. If a netdev
+                with the specified name already exists, networkd will use that as-is
+                rather than create its own. Note that the settings of the pre-existing
+                netdev will not be changed by networkd.</para>
 
                 <para>The <filename>.netdev</filename> files are read from the files located in the
                 system network directory <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename>,