From 2f96a39bbba60dd1697e2ee4b0a99f1f34df5df3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:03 -0400
Subject: Document PREFIX/NETMASK (#617481, <jklimes@redhat.com>)

---
 sysconfig.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'sysconfig.txt')

diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index d877f29a..4ead89f8 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -527,7 +527,13 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
     DEVICE=<name of physical device (except dynamically-allocated PPP
       devices where it is the "logical name")>
     IPADDR=
+    PREFIX=
+      Network prefix.  It is used for all configurations except aliases
+      and ippp devices.  It takes precedence over NETMASK when both
+      PREFIX and NETMASK are set.
     NETMASK=
+      Subnet mask; just useful for aliases and ippp devices.  For all other
+      configurations, use PREFIX instead.
     GATEWAY=
     METRIC=
       Metric for the default route using GATEWAY
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