net: update documentation ip aliases
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PATCH 1/1 net: update documentation ip aliases
This documentation is old. Add a short note to describe why aliases are no long necessary, and remove the old contact/edit info.
Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Documentation/networking/alias.txt +6 -19
@@ -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 <[email protected]> - -Updated by Erik Schoenfelder <[email protected]> - -; local variables: -; mode: indented-text -; mode: auto-fill -; end:
From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:20:30 -0800
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This documentation is old. Add a short note to describe why aliases are no long necessary, and remove the old contact/edit info.
Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks a lot Stephen.