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authorJan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com>2021-01-20 09:12:23 +0100
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doc: Documents ifcfg option LINKSTATUS
Related: #1555001
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@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
NOZEROCONF=
Set this to not set a route for dynamic link-local addresses
over this device.
+ LINKSTATUS=up|down
+ Setting LINKSTATUS to down prevents network-scripts from bringing up interface.
+ This prevents issues with interfaces like Open vSwitch bridges which uses
+ userspace datapaths. If not set defaults to up.
PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes|no|1|0
Without this option, or if it is 'no'/'0', and BOOTPROTO=dhcp,
dhclient is run for the interface in "one-shot" mode; if the