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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-30 08:41:36 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-30 08:41:36 -0800 |
| commit | dbeb17016e4d0affccfa07f4e8f61feac75c5a18 (patch) | |
| tree | 0cbda9fb039cb96d7c76cce19e1f792d46cd2a3c /Documentation | |
| parent | 0461ec5bc7745b89a8ab67ba0ea497abd58a6301 (diff) | |
| parent | f99ec0649accb581cf3e8fcfeea796e82d05f4ea (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
tulip: fix 21142 with 10Mbps without negotiation
drivers/net/skfp: if !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN): inverted logic
gianfar: Fix Wake-on-LAN support
smsc911x: timeout reaches -1
smsc9420: fix interrupt signalling test failures
ucc_geth: Change uec phy id to the same format as gianfar's
wimax: fix build issue when debugfs is disabled
netxen: fix memory leak in drivers/net/netxen_nic_init.c
tun: Add some missing TUN compat ioctl translations.
ipv4: fix infinite retry loop in IP-Config
net: update documentation ip aliases
net: Fix OOPS in skb_seq_read().
net: Fix frag_list handling in skb_seq_read
netxen: revert jumbo ringsize
ath5k: fix locking in ath5k_config
cfg80211: print correct intersected regulatory domain
cfg80211: Fix sanity check on 5 GHz when processing country IE
iwlwifi: fix kernel oops when ucode DMA memory allocation failure
rtl8187: Fix error in setting OFDM power settings for RTL8187L
mac80211: remove Michael Wu as maintainer
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 25 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt index cd12c2ff518a..85046f53fcfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ IP-Aliasing: ============ -IP-aliases are additional IP-addresses/masks hooked up to a base -interface by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. -This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. - -IP-Aliases are avail if CONFIG_INET (`standard' IPv4 networking) -is configured in the kernel. +IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks +per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple +address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported +for backwards compatibility. +An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. +This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. o Alias creation. Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a @@ -38,16 +38,3 @@ o Relationship with main device If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted too. - - -Contact -------- -Please finger or e-mail me: - Juan Jose Ciarlante <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar> - -Updated by Erik Schoenfelder <schoenfr@gaertner.DE> - -; local variables: -; mode: indented-text -; mode: auto-fill -; end: |