[systemd-devel] netdev templates and location of network units

[Christian Schneider]

Ok, thx for the input. Since I have v239 on the embedded device, that's
the explanation.
BR, Christian

Am 23.03.20 um 14:40 schrieb Andrei Borzenkov:
> 23.03.2020 14:15, Kevin P. Fleming пишет:
>> Input files for systemd-networkd are not systemd unit files, so
>> there's a good chance that the rules for finding and processing them
>> are much simpler. That would explain why template/instance files don't
>> work.
>>
>> The manpage for systemd.network does indicate that files will be
>> loaded from /usr/local/lib/systemd/network though, so if they aren't
>> being picked up that's odd.
>>
> 
> This is relatively recent change since v242.
> 
>> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.network.html
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 6:51 AM Christian Schneider
>> <cschneider at radiodata.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> for an embedded device with Linux and systemd boot, we wanted to deploy
>>> custom network and netdev units.
>>> We tried placing them in /usr/local/lib/systemd/network, next to service
>>> files for custom services in /usr/local/lib/systemd/system. The network
>>> units aren't picked up by systemd, the custom service files are, though.
>>> Since this was a bit surprising, I want to ask, what is the rationale
>>> behind this, and what would be the recommended location of the
>>> network/netdev files? Right now we placed them in /etc/systemd/network
>>>
>>> Furthermore, since we make heavy use of vlan, I tried to create a
>>> template netdev file where the instance goes in as vlan id, but when I
>>> tried to reference instance of the template in the network file, I got
>>> syntax errors. Is there a rational behind this or is it just not
>>> implemented to be use templates for netdev?
>>>
>>> BR, Christian
>>>
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