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

nm-initrd-generator - early boot NetworkManager configuration generator

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

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

-c | --connections-dir path

Output connection directory.

-d | --sysfs-dir path

The sysfs mount point.

-s | --stdout

Dump connections to standard output. Useful for debugging.

CMDLINE

The options that appear on the kernel command line. The following options are recognized:
ip
rd.route
bridge
bond
team
vlan
bootdev
nameserver
rd.peerdns
rd.bootif
BOOTIF
Please consult the dracut.cmdline(7) manual for the documentation of the precise format of the values supported.

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

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

NetworkManager 1.14.6