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author | brooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-14 22:55:10 +0000 |
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committer | brooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-14 22:55:10 +0000 |
commit | d7cd33da252993726b0381df52e7704af09fc914 (patch) | |
tree | 4889cb11cfba3e8f84cf1bcd95beebd5fb9730c0 /share | |
parent | 4947007c3901ceacf7a593db410ccbe418125b00 (diff) | |
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Better document gif interface cloning intrastructure.
MFC After: 2 days
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/gif.4 | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 20 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/gif.4 b/share/man/man4/gif.4 index 7a0a551..e89443b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/gif.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/gif.4 @@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ On .Nm can also tunnel ISO traffic over IPv[46] using EON encapsulation. .Pp +Each .Nm -interfaces are allocated at runtime using interface cloning. +interface is created at runtime using interface cloning. This is most easily done with the .Xr ifconfig 8 .Cm create -command. +command or using the +.No gifconfig_ Ns Em interface +variable in +.Xr rc.conf 5 . .Pp To use .Nm , diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 index a1650ac..e255426 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 @@ -604,6 +604,26 @@ Entries in are automatically appended to .Va network_interfaces for configuration. +.It Va gif_interfaces +.Pq Vt str +Set to the list of +.Xr gif 4 +tunnel interfaces to configure on this host. +A +.No gifconfig_ Ns Em interface +variable is assumed to exist for each value of +.Em interface . +The value of this variable is used to configure the link layer of the +tunnel according to the syntax of the +.Cm tunnel +option to +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +Additionaly, this option insures that each listed interface is created +via the +.Cm create +option to +.Xr ifconfig 8 +before attempting to configure it. .It Va ppp_enable .Pq Vt bool If set to |