added some comments for interfaces/../{name,nodev}
authorEnrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:13:15 +0000 (23:13 +0000)
committerEnrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:13:15 +0000 (23:13 +0000)
git-svn-id: http://svn.linux-vserver.org/svn/util-vserver/trunk@1711 94cd875c-1c1d-0410-91d2-eb244daf1a30

util-vserver/doc/configuration.xml

index 7e6b8dc..e5c9f5b 100644 (file)
                  </scalar>
                  <scalar name="name">
                   <description>
-                   When this file exists, the interface will be named with the text in this file.
+                   When this file exists, the interface will be named
+                   with the text in this file. Without such an entry,
+                   the IP will not be shown by 'ifconfig' but by 'ip
+                   addr ls' only.  Such a labeled interface is known
+                   as an "alias" also (e.g. 'eth0:foo').
                   </description>
                  </scalar>
                  <boolean name="nodev">
                   <description>
-                   When this file exists, the interface will be assumed to exist already.
+                   When this file exists, the interface will be
+                   assumed to exist already. This can be used to
+                   assign primary interfaces which are created by
+                   the host or another vserver.
                   </description>
                  </boolean>
    </collection>