1NM-INITRD-GENERATOR(8)       System Administration      NM-INITRD-GENERATOR(8)
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NAME

6       nm-initrd-generator - early boot NetworkManager configuration generator
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SYNOPSIS

9       nm-initrd-generator [OPTIONS...] -- [CMDLINE...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nm-initrd-generator scans the command line for options relevant to
13       network configuration and creates configuration files for an early
14       instance of NetworkManager run from the initial ramdisk during early
15       boot.
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OPTIONS

18       -c | --connections-dir path
19           Output connection directory.
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21       -i | --initrd-data-dir path
22           Output directory for initrd data (e.g. hostname).
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24       -d | --sysfs-dir path
25           The sysfs mount point.
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27       -s | --stdout
28           Dump connections to standard output. Useful for debugging.
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30       CMDLINE
31           The options that appear on the kernel command line. The following
32           options are recognized:
33               ip
34               rd.route
35               bridge
36               bond
37               team
38               vlan
39               bootdev
40               nameserver
41               rd.peerdns
42               rd.bootif
43               rd.net.timeout.dhcp
44               BOOTIF
45           Please consult the dracut.cmdline(7) manual for the documentation
46           of the precise format of the values supported.
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DIFFERENCES FROM THE NETWORK-LEGACY DRACUT MODULE

49       nm-initrd-generator generates a set of connections that are then
50       configured by the NetworkManager instance running in the initrd. There
51       are some differences in behavior compared to the network-legacy dracut
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54       ·   When an interface is configured with a static address and a
55           gateway, the network-legacy module waits that the gateway responds
56           to arping requests before proceeding, while NetworkManager doesn't.
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58       ·   network-legacy configures interfaces one by one in the order in
59           which they are announced by udev. If multiple interfaces specify a
60           hostname (from command line or from DHCP), the one from the last
61           interface activated wins. With NetworkManager, hostnames from
62           command line have higher precedence over ones from DHCP, and the
63           last that appears in the command line wins.
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EXIT STATUS

66       nm-initrd-generator exits with status 0. It ignores unrecognized
67       options and prints an error message if it encounters a malformed
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SEE ALSO

71       dracut.cmdline(7), NetworkManager(8).
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