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| author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-01-27 00:30:07 +0000 |
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| committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-01-27 00:30:07 +0000 |
| commit | d9a0cd0982402f9faf826972323ba7e2c92d4da2 (patch) | |
| tree | ff676986c0098bc03f0b66a25fb89a62e45f8b53 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
| parent | f58131e1e486131bc5b10b4db8adfbfb58a6db5f (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d9a0cd0982402f9faf826972323ba7e2c92d4da2.zip FreeBSD-src-d9a0cd0982402f9faf826972323ba7e2c92d4da2.tar.gz | |
Revised revision 199201 (add interface description capability as inspired
by OpenBSD), based on comments from many, including rwatson, jhb, brooks
and others.
Sponsored by: iXsystems, Inc.
MFC after: 1 month
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..539cbdf 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 January 26, 2010 .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 , Cm descr 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 , Cm -descr +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 |
