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PATCH 1/1 rdma: replace deprecated ifconfig in doc

The ifconfig command has been deprecated for many years. To encourage new users not to continue using it and learning iproute2; the ifconfig should not be used in examples.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +6 -3
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup
     To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
     assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
 
-    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
-    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
+    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
     host1$ ping a.b.c.y
     host2$ ping a.b.c.x
 

@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
 
     $ modprobe ib_mthca
     $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
+    $ ip li set dev ib0 up
+    $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
 
     NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server

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#1 lore raw

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines · Stephen Hemminger

The ifconfig command has been deprecated for many years. To encourage new users not to continue using it and learning iproute2; the ifconfig should not be used in examples.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt Check RDMA and NFS Setup · line 192

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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +3 -2
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup
     To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
     assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
 
-    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
-    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
+    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up

I don't think we need to "up" the device twice.

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt NFS/RDMA Setup · line 234

Quoted 10 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +2 -1
+    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
     host1$ ping a.b.c.y
     host2$ ping a.b.c.x
 

@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
 
     $ modprobe ib_mthca
     $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
+    $ ip li set dev ib0 up

s/li/link ?

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt NFS/RDMA Setup · line 237

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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -0
+    $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
 
     NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server

Regards.

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#3 lore raw
Quoted 16 lines · On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:06:30 +0100 Yann Droneaud…

Hi,

Quoted 13 lines · Stephen Hemminger

The ifconfig command has been deprecated for many years. To encourage new users not to continue using it and learning iproute2; the ifconfig should not be used in examples.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +0 -0
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup
     To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
     assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
Quoted 7 lines

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt Check RDMA and NFS Setup · line 192

Quoted 5 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +3 -2
-    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
-    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
+    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up

I don't think we need to "up" the device twice.

You need to do it on each host.

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Quoted 4 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -0
+    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
     host1$ ping a.b.c.y
     host2$ ping a.b.c.x
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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt NFS/RDMA Setup · line 234

Quoted 6 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -1
@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
 
     $ modprobe ib_mthca
     $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
+    $ ip li set dev ib0 up

s/li/link ?

ip commands support shorthand.

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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt NFS/RDMA Setup · line 237

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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -0
+    $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
 
     NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server

Regards.

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#4 lore raw

Hi,

Quoted 24 lines · Stephen Hemminger
Quoted 14 lines · On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:06:30 +0100 Yann Droneaud…
Quoted 13 lines · Stephen Hemminger

The ifconfig command has been deprecated for many years. To encourage new users not to continue using it and learning iproute2; the ifconfig should not be used in examples.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +0 -0
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup
     To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
     assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
Quoted 7 lines

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt Check RDMA and NFS Setup · line 192

Quoted 5 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +3 -2
-    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
-    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
+    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up

I don't think we need to "up" the device twice.

Quoted 2 lines

You need to do it on each host.

Oops, missed that. Sorry.

Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 6 lines
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -0
+    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
     host1$ ping a.b.c.y
     host2$ ping a.b.c.x
 

@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
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Quoted 6 lines

Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt NFS/RDMA Setup · line 234

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Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt +1 -1
     $ modprobe ib_mthca
     $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
+    $ ip li set dev ib0 up

s/li/link ?

ip commands support shorthand.

Yes, sure, but here, it's looking more like a typo. It should be consistent throughout the document.

Regards.

Signature · 8 lines
Yann Droneaud
OPTEYA


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