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authorBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2012-03-13 11:32:25 -0400
committerBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2012-03-13 11:32:25 -0400
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Clean up BOOTPROTO docs.
-rw-r--r--sysconfig.txt11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index 280ea4dd..3e135d3f 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
HOTPLUG=yes|no
USERCTL=yes|no
BOOTPROTO=none|bootp|dhcp
+ 'bootp' or 'dhcp' cause a DHCP client to run on the device. Any other
+ value causes any static configuration in the file to be applied.
MTU=
Default MTU for this device
WINDOW=
@@ -563,8 +565,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
provide DNS addresses that are dropped into the resolv.conf
file if PEERDNS is not set to "no".
SCOPE=
- Set to "scope SCOPE-ID" to set a non-default scope. Supported only on
- Ethernet with BOOTPROTO=none.
+ Set to "scope SCOPE-ID" to set a non-default scope for a statically
+ configured IP address.
SRCADDR=
use the specified source address for outgoing packets
HWADDR=
@@ -605,9 +607,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
If set to 'no', NetworkManager will ignore this connection/device.
Defaults to 'yes'.
- If BOOTPROTO is not "none", then the only other item that
- must be set is the DEVICE item; all the rest will be determined
- by the boot protocol. No "dummy" entries need to be created.
+ For dynamic addressing (BOOTPROTO=dhcp) only DEVICE needs to
+ be set; all the rest will be determined by the boot protocol.
Base items being deprecated:
NETWORK=<will be calculated automatically with ipcalc>