From 9a76e28b3eeac0b06c3d92733cf3ae8b06bc553b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:16:31 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 130494 b: refs/heads/master c: 58092d1e0a896eb1d9163d58f93df7ed704fa8e1 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 25 ++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 865fcec21e04..082235e44a90 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 71b3346d182355f19509fadb8fe45114a35cc499 +refs/heads/master: 58092d1e0a896eb1d9163d58f93df7ed704fa8e1 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/trunk/Documentation/networking/alias.txt index cd12c2ff518a..85046f53fcfc 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/networking/alias.txt +++ b/trunk/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 - -Updated by Erik Schoenfelder - -; local variables: -; mode: indented-text -; mode: auto-fill -; end: