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Diffstat (limited to 'libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c index 470209a176..e02fad35a1 100644 --- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c +++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-connection.c @@ -1541,10 +1541,12 @@ nm_setting_connection_class_init (NMSettingConnectionClass *setting_class) * The stable-id is used for generating IPv6 stable private addresses * with ipv6.addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy. It is also used to seed the * generated cloned MAC address for ethernet.cloned-mac-address=stable - * and wifi.cloned-mac-address=stable. Note that also the interface name - * of the activating connection and a per-host secret key is included - * into the address generation so that the same stable-id on different - * hosts/devices yields different addresses. + * and wifi.cloned-mac-address=stable. It is also used as DHCP client + * identifier with ipv4.dhcp-client-id=stable. + * + * Note that also the interface name of the activating connection and a + * per-host secret key is included into the address generation so that the + * same stable-id on different hosts/devices yields different addresses. * * If the value is unset, an ID unique for the connection is used. * Specifying a stable-id allows multiple connections to generate the |