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| author | Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> | 2018-07-18 13:27:35 +1000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2018-07-18 15:28:27 -0700 |
| commit | 735dadf894f091bc15c06aedf8c1e99f971d3962 (patch) | |
| tree | c30fb9cc2a965c0b37c208471d14629ce4ec40ff /Documentation/networking/alias.txt | |
| parent | f15f084ff11519172c67fac4dde61daf4e9ad345 (diff) | |
docs: networking: Convert alias.txt to rst
The kernel documentation is now restructured text. Convert the IP
aliasing documentation and include it in the toplevel kernel
documentation.
- Fix heading adornments.
- Correctly indent code snippets.
- Limit line length to 72 characters inline with kernel documentation
standards.
- Add license identifier.
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/alias.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 40 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 85046f53fcfc..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ - -IP-Aliasing: -============ - -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 - 200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ... - - # ifconfig eth0:0 200.1.1.1 etc,etc.... - ~~ -> request alias #0 creation (if not yet exists) for eth0 - - The corresponding route is also set up by this command. - Please note: The route always points to the base interface. - - -o Alias deletion. - The alias is removed by shutting the alias down: - - # ifconfig eth0:0 down - ~~~~~~~~~~ -> will delete alias - - -o Alias (re-)configuring - - Aliases are not real devices, but programs should be able to configure and - refer to them as usual (ifconfig, route, etc). - - -o Relationship with main device - - If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted - too. |