[systemd-devel] multiple starts for a socket-based service

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On Fri, Aug 4, 2023, at 18:11, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Theory: since br0 has no associated IP address when socket creation is
> attempted, the socket creation fails.  If so, I need to delay socket
> startup until br0 has an IP4 address, but I'm not sure how to do
> that--or even if that is the problem.

This is almost certainly the cause, and the reason that the 'FreeBind' parameter can be set in .socket files :-)