* [MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute
@ 2008-02-25 14:51 Patrick McHardy
2008-02-27 1:52 ` David Miller
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From: Patrick McHardy @ 2008-02-25 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller; +Cc: Linux Netdev List
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[MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute
Since the macvlan release I had at least 5 users asking how to configure
it since the old userspace tool doesn't work with the version in the
kernel. Add a pointer to the Kconfig help.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index f337800..f333c11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ config MACVLAN
This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
+ Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
+ iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
+
+ "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
+
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called macvlan.
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* Re: [MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute
2008-02-25 14:51 [MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute Patrick McHardy
@ 2008-02-27 1:52 ` David Miller
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From: David Miller @ 2008-02-27 1:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kaber; +Cc: netdev
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:51:35 +0100
> [MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute
>
> Since the macvlan release I had at least 5 users asking how to configure
> it since the old userspace tool doesn't work with the version in the
> kernel. Add a pointer to the Kconfig help.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Applied, thanks Patrick.
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