From 9ff2a34af83f786802644b69794ce01fe0dfb0d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Nottingham Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: Clean up BOOTPROTO docs. --- sysconfig.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'sysconfig.txt') 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= -- cgit v1.2.1