From 58092d1e0a896eb1d9163d58f93df7ed704fa8e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:16:31 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 25 ++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) 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 @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ 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. +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. -IP-Aliases are avail if CONFIG_INET (`standard' IPv4 networking) -is configured in the kernel. - - o Alias creation. Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a 200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ... @@ -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 - -Updated by Erik Schoenfelder - -; local variables: -; mode: indented-text -; mode: auto-fill -; end: