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NEWS,man: improve descriptions of Independent=

In NEWS, the new option was described twice, most likely because the first
description was tucked away in a paragraph about some other subject.

While at it, improve the descriptions in the man page to make it easier to grok
what that option really does.
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2020-11-17 11:53:10 +01:00
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discipline in the [FlowQueuePIE] sections.
* systemd-networkd's .netdev files may now be used to create "BareUDP"
tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting. VXLAN tunnels may
now be marked to be independent of any underlying network interface
via the new Independent= boolean setting.
tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting.
* systemd-networkd's Gateway= setting in .network files now accepts the
special values "_dhcp4" and "_ipv6ra" to configure additional,
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prefix will be announced through IPv6 router advertisement (IPv6 RA).
The setting is enabled by default.
* systemd-networkd's .netdev files gained the Independent= boolean
setting in [VXLAN] section. When enabled, the vxlan interface will be
created without underlying interfaces. Defaults to false.
* VXLAN tunnels may now be marked as independent of any underlying
network interface via the new Independent= boolean setting.
* systemctl gained support for two new verbs: "service-log-level" and
"service-log-target" may be used on services that implement the

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<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without underlying interfaces.
Defaults to <literal>false</literal>.</para>
<para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without any underlying network
interface. Defaults to false, which means that a .network file that requests this tunnel using
<varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required for the tunnel to be created.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. When true tunnel does not require .network file. Created as "tunnel@NONE".
Defaults to <literal>false</literal>.
</para>
<para>Takes a boolean. When false (the default), the tunnel is always created over some network
device, and a .network file that requests this tunnel using <varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required
for the tunnel to be created. When true, the tunnel is created independently of any network as
"tunnel@NONE".</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>no</literal>, the xfrm interface should have an
underlying device which can be used for hardware offloading. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.
See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for how to configure the underlying device.</para>
<para>Takes a boolean. If false (the default), the xfrm interface must have an underlying device
which can be used for hardware offloading.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>