NEWS,man: improve descriptions of Independent=

In NEWS, the new option was described twice, most likely because the first
description was tucked away in a paragraph about some other subject.

While at it, improve the descriptions in the man page to make it easier to grok
what that option really does.
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2020-11-17 11:53:10 +01:00
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discipline in the [FlowQueuePIE] sections. discipline in the [FlowQueuePIE] sections.
* systemd-networkd's .netdev files may now be used to create "BareUDP" * systemd-networkd's .netdev files may now be used to create "BareUDP"
tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting. VXLAN tunnels may tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting.
now be marked to be independent of any underlying network interface
via the new Independent= boolean setting.
* systemd-networkd's Gateway= setting in .network files now accepts the * systemd-networkd's Gateway= setting in .network files now accepts the
special values "_dhcp4" and "_ipv6ra" to configure additional, special values "_dhcp4" and "_ipv6ra" to configure additional,
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prefix will be announced through IPv6 router advertisement (IPv6 RA). prefix will be announced through IPv6 router advertisement (IPv6 RA).
The setting is enabled by default. The setting is enabled by default.
* systemd-networkd's .netdev files gained the Independent= boolean * VXLAN tunnels may now be marked as independent of any underlying
setting in [VXLAN] section. When enabled, the vxlan interface will be network interface via the new Independent= boolean setting.
created without underlying interfaces. Defaults to false.
* systemctl gained support for two new verbs: "service-log-level" and * systemctl gained support for two new verbs: "service-log-level" and
"service-log-target" may be used on services that implement the "service-log-target" may be used on services that implement the

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<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without underlying interfaces. <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without any underlying network
Defaults to <literal>false</literal>.</para> interface. Defaults to false, which means that a .network file that requests this tunnel using
<varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required for the tunnel to be created.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
</variablelist> </variablelist>
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<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. When true tunnel does not require .network file. Created as "tunnel@NONE". <para>Takes a boolean. When false (the default), the tunnel is always created over some network
Defaults to <literal>false</literal>. device, and a .network file that requests this tunnel using <varname>Tunnel=</varname> is required
</para> for the tunnel to be created. When true, the tunnel is created independently of any network as
"tunnel@NONE".</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
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<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term><varname>Independent=</varname></term> <term><varname>Independent=</varname></term>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>no</literal>, the xfrm interface should have an <para>Takes a boolean. If false (the default), the xfrm interface must have an underlying device
underlying device which can be used for hardware offloading. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>. which can be used for hardware offloading.</para>
See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for how to configure the underlying device.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
</variablelist> </variablelist>