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| author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-11-11 21:30:58 +0000 |
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| committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-11-11 21:30:58 +0000 |
| commit | 13a19ef806aacb68fca8a06969fe760e790cf191 (patch) | |
| tree | eea1594231338258764b9d2c6a5b8c04a07d0269 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
| parent | 7f8b0bd4a81476d4906f4ec7983d3328593bebde (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-13a19ef806aacb68fca8a06969fe760e790cf191.zip FreeBSD-src-13a19ef806aacb68fca8a06969fe760e790cf191.tar.gz | |
Add interface description capability as inspired by OpenBSD.
MFC after: 3 months
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 220bd9f..211b1ef 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 23, 2009 +.Dd November 11, 2009 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ Disable permanently promiscuous mode. Another name for the .Fl alias parameter. +.It Cm description Ar value +Specify a description of the interface. +This can be used to label interfaces in situations where they may +otherwise be difficult to distinguish. +.It Cm -description +Clear the interface description. .It Cm down Mark an interface .Dq down . @@ -2512,6 +2518,10 @@ Configure the interface to use 100baseTX, full duplex Ethernet media options: .Dl # ifconfig xl0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex .Pp +Label the em0 interface as an uplink: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig em0 description \&"Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2\&" +.Pp Create the software network interface .Li gif1 : .Dl # ifconfig gif1 create |
