Commit df33d7a4 authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger

Add documentation for ip link add/delete sub-commands

Add some missing pieces. Still need to add doucmentation for rest
of vlan arguments.
parent a1713954
......@@ -26,6 +26,34 @@ ip \- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
.BR inet " | " inet6 " | " ipx " | " dnet " | " link " } | "
\fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] }
.ti -8
.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE
.RB "[ " name " ]"
.I NAME
.br
.RB "[ " txqueuelen
.IR PACKETS " ]"
.br
.RB "[ " address
.IR LLADDR " ]"
.RB "[ " broadcast
.IR LLADDR " ]"
.br
.RB "[ " mtu
.IR MTU " ]"
.br
.BR type TYPE
.RI "[ " ARGS " ]"
.ti -8
.IR TYPE " := [ "
.BR vlan " | " maclan " | " can " ]"
.ti -8
.BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
.BI type TYPE
.RI "[ " ARGS " ]"
.ti -8
.BI "ip link set " DEVICE
.RB "{ " up " | " down " | " arp " { " on " | " off " } |"
......@@ -68,8 +96,6 @@ ip \- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
.IR VLAN-QOS " ] ] ["
.B rate
.IR TXRATE " ]"
.BR " }"
.ti -8
.B ip link show
......@@ -833,11 +859,47 @@ or, if the objects of this class cannot be listed,
is a network device and the corresponding commands
display and change the state of devices.
.SS ip link set - change device attributes
.SS ip link add - add virtual link
.TP
.BI dev " NAME " (default)
.BI link " DEVICE "
specifies the physical device to act operate on.
.I NAME
specifies the name of the new virtual device.
.I TYPE
specifies the type of the new device.
.sp
Link types:
.in +8
.B vlan
- 802.1q tagged virrtual LAN interface
.sp
.B macvlan
- virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
.sp
.B can
- Controller Area Network interface
.in -8
.SS ip link delete - delete virtual link
.I DEVICE
specifies the virtual device to act operate on.
.I TYPE
specifies the type of the device.
.TP
.BI dev " DEVICE "
specifies the physical device to act operate on.
.SS ip link set - change device attributes
.TP
.BI dev " DEVICE "
.I DEVICE
specifies network device to operate on. When configuring SR-IOV Virtual Fuction
(VF) devices, this keyword should specify the associated Physical Function (PF)
device.
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