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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2009-01-29 19:16:31 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-01-29 19:16:31 -0500
commit58092d1e0a896eb1d9163d58f93df7ed704fa8e1 (patch)
tree6a53317e46132e7ebdd8a39419f171d1069cd87e /Documentation
parent71b3346d182355f19509fadb8fe45114a35cc499 (diff)
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 <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt
index cd12c2ff518a..85046f53fcfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
2IP-Aliasing: 2IP-Aliasing:
3============ 3============
4 4
5IP-aliases are additional IP-addresses/masks hooked up to a base 5IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks
6interface by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. 6per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple
7This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. 7address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported
8 8for backwards compatibility.
9IP-Aliases are avail if CONFIG_INET (`standard' IPv4 networking)
10is configured in the kernel.
11 9
10An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig.
11This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must.
12 12
13o Alias creation. 13o Alias creation.
14 Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a 14 Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a
@@ -38,16 +38,3 @@ o Relationship with main device
38 38
39 If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted 39 If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted
40 too. 40 too.
41
42
43Contact
44-------
45Please finger or e-mail me:
46 Juan Jose Ciarlante <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar>
47
48Updated by Erik Schoenfelder <schoenfr@gaertner.DE>
49
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