From 8f0777a857679678f3ff89e05dbde4594a58930c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Mork?= Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 10:58:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man: iplink: document new addrgenmodes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork --- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index ac6f4813a..189a8f15f 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration .br .B nomaster " |" .br -.B addrgenmode { eui64 | none } +.B addrgenmode { eui64 | none | stable_secret | random } .br .B link-netnsid ID .BR " }" @@ -1029,8 +1029,20 @@ set master device of the device (enslave device). unset master device of the device (release device). .TP -.BR "addrgenmode eui64 " or " addrgenmode none" -set IPv6 address generation mode +.BI addrgenmode " eui64|none|stable_secret|random" +set the IPv6 address generation mode + +.I eui64 +- use a Modified EUI-64 format interface identifier + +.I none +- disable automatic address generation + +.I stable_secret +- generate the interface identifier based on a preset /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{default,DEVICE}/stable_secret + +.I random +- like stable_secret, but auto-generate a new random secret if none is set .TP .BR "link-netnsid " -- 2.47.2