From f823d4a6712e2160f1aae169be0c2687312d7af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brooks Davis Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 00:22:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that gif interfaces are created at runtime and refer the administrator to the ifconfig create command. MFC after: 1 week --- share/man/man4/gif.4 | 7 +++++++ usr.sbin/gifconfig/gifconfig.8 | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man4/gif.4 b/share/man/man4/gif.4 index f056b414268..05042d4247c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/gif.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/gif.4 @@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ On .Nm can also tunnel ISO traffic over IPv[46] using EON encapsulation. .Pp +.Nm +interfaces are allocated at runtime using interface cloning. This is +most easily done with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Cm create +command. +.Pp To use .Nm , administrator needs to configure protocol and addresses used for the outer diff --git a/usr.sbin/gifconfig/gifconfig.8 b/usr.sbin/gifconfig/gifconfig.8 index 539b1196b3a..7c00c32fcef 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/gifconfig/gifconfig.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/gifconfig/gifconfig.8 @@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ interfaces. Please note that it is very easy to create infinite routing loop, when you configure tunnel over same address family (e.g. IPv4-over-IPv4). +.Pp +gif +interfaces are allocated at runtime using interface cloning. This is +most easily done with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Cm create +command. .Sh EXAMPLES If you would like to configure IPv6 over IPv4 (aka IPv6 in IPv4)