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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud-RlY5vtjFyJ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rdma: replace deprecated ifconfig in doc
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 11:29:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150309112932.2dbbdccb@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1425902790.3991.3.camel-RlY5vtjFyJ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:06:30 +0100
Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud-RlY5vtjFyJ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Le dimanche 08 mars 2015 à 16:36 -0700, Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > The ifconfig command has been deprecated for many years.
> > To encourage new users not to continue using it and learning
> > iproute2; the ifconfig should not be used in examples.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
> > 
> > 
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt	2014-09-28 16:27:20.393505440 -0700
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt	2015-03-08 16:33:21.483985810 -0700
> > @@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup
> >      To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
> >      assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
> >  
> > -    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
> > -    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
> > +    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
> > +    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
> > +    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
> 
> I don't think we need to "up" the device twice.

You need to do it on each host.

> > +    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
> >      host1$ ping a.b.c.y
> >      host2$ ping a.b.c.x
> >  
> > @@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
> >  
> >      $ modprobe ib_mthca
> >      $ modprobe ib_ipoib
> > -    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
> > +    $ ip li set dev ib0 up
> 
> s/li/link ?

ip commands support shorthand.

> > +    $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
> >  
> >      NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server
> 
> Regards.
> 

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-03-09 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-08 23:36 [PATCH] rdma: replace deprecated ifconfig in doc Stephen Hemminger
2015-03-09 12:06 ` Yann Droneaud
     [not found]   ` <1425902790.3991.3.camel-RlY5vtjFyJ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-09 18:29     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2015-03-10 12:47       ` Yann Droneaud

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