[systemd-devel] [RFC][PATCH] udev: add network link configuration tool

[Kay Sievers]

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh at inai.de> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 2013-10-26 16:16, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>
>>The tool is configured by .link files in /etc/net/links/ (with the usual
>>overriding logic in /run and /lib). The first (in lexicographical order)
>>matching .link file is applied to a given device, and all others are ignored.
>
> Is there anything else in /etc/net that we need another subdirectory,
> /etc/net/links?

There will probably be config for DNS, NTP, and all these things in
the future, therefore we need a subdirectory for these files.

In the same model as the "link" directory, the actual network settings
like IP addresses and such will be in .network files. Virtual
interfaces, which are not created by hardware, but have
configurations, will be called .netif files. These 3 types could maybe
live in one directory though.

Kay