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| author | Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com> | 2009-03-09 21:21:07 +0800 |
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| committer | Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com> | 2009-03-09 21:21:07 +0800 |
| commit | abcea2c322cef559ef2f108b4763d107a5ccc37f (patch) | |
| tree | 5fec7fec372f9bdb70703f6c77bfc49cda945442 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 8118aea23c328fd4913b325af53fda9d530b1d56 (diff) | |
| parent | 6d831c6554e4f95083919914955a1a3a4a6acfa9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'devel' of ssh://master.kernel.org/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt index cd12c2ff518..85046f53fcf 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: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt index 3c2f2b32863..8d022073e3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Built-in netconsole starts immediately after the TCP stack is initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied address. -The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>' or syslogd. +The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>', +'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd. Dynamic reconfiguration: ======================== |