NetworkManager, a system service and set of tools for managing network connections, widely adopted by most Linux distributions, is rolling out version 1.54.2 today as the second maintenance update to the 1.54 series.

The first notable enhancement in this release is the ability to reapply the sriov.vfs property as long as the total number of virtual functions remains unchanged. This simplifies adjustments to VF configurations without forcing administrators to modify or reset the sriov.total-vfs value.

Additionally, the release introduces two new properties for users working with High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) networks. NetworkManager now allows configuring the HSR protocol version directly through the hsr.protocol-version setting, offering more flexibility in environments where specific versions are required for interoperability.