[MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute

[MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute

[Patrick McHardy]

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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.
 

Re: [MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute

[David Miller]

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.