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authorJouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>2015-01-06 18:21:54 +0100
committerJouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>2015-01-12 22:08:33 +0100
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Unify wired and wireless automatic profile selection (FS#35252)
The previous wired automatic profile selection procedure was not properly documented. Now both wired and wireless automatic profile selection use ExcludeAuto= and Priority=
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-rw-r--r--docs/netctl.profile.5.txt15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
index c4982fc..82946da 100644
--- a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
+++ b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
Set to `++yes++' to force connecting even if the interface is up.
Do not use this unless you know what you are doing.
+'ExcludeAuto='::
+ Whether or not to exclude this profile from automatic profile
+ selection. Defaults to `++no++' for wireless and DHCP enabled
+ connections and to `++yes++' otherwise.
+
IP OPTIONS
----------
@@ -223,6 +228,12 @@ of the `ethernet' type:
Whether or not the absence of a carrier (plugged-in cable) is
acceptable. Defaults to `++no++'.
+'Priority='::
+ Priority level of the profile. In case of automatic profile
+ selection, profiles are tried in decreasing order of priority.
+ Defaults to `++1++' in DHCP enabled profiles and to `++0++'
+ otherwise.
+
OPTIONS FOR `wireless' CONNECTIONS
----------------------------------
@@ -295,10 +306,6 @@ of the `wireless' type:
variable to `++auto++'. In that case an *rfkill* device that is
associated with the network interface is used.
-'ExcludeAuto='::
- Whether or not to exclude this profile from automatic profile
- selection. Defaults to `++no++'.
-
OPTIONS FOR `bond' CONNECTIONS
------------------------------