From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:40:48 +0000 (+0100) Subject: man: turn new netdev table into a proper table X-Git-Tag: v219~231 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6c2b9c8da1eb1bac7e8f170b913f63dbd13a16d7 man: turn new netdev table into a proper table --- diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml index 751dd00fd..e278aa1a8 100644 --- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml +++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml @@ -88,176 +88,73 @@ The following kinds of virtual network devices may be configured in .netdev files: - - - bond - - A bond device is an aggregation of all its slave devices. See - - Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO for details. - - - - - - - bridge - - A bridge devcie is a software switch, each of its slave devices and the bridge itself are ports of the switch. - - - - - - - dummy - - A dummy device drops all packets sent to it. - - - - - - - gre - - A Level 3 GRE tunnel over IPv4. See - - RFC 2784 for details. - - - - - - - gretap - - A Level 2 GRE tunnel over IPv4. - - - - - - - ip6gre - - A Level 3 GRE tunnel over IPv6. - - - - - - - ip6tnl - - An IPv4 or IPv6 tunnel over IPv6 - - - - - - - ip6gretap - - An Level 2 GRE tunnel over IPv6. - - - - - - - ipip - - An IPv4 over IPv4 tunnel. - - - - - - - ipvlan - - An ipvlan device is a stacked device which receives packets from its - underlying device based on IP address filtering. - - - - - - - macvlan - - A macvlan device is a stacked device which receives packets from its - underlying device based on MAC address filtering. - - - - - - - sit - - An IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel. - - - - - - - tap - - A persistent Level 2 tunnel between a network device and a device node. - - - - - - - tun - - A persistent Level 3 tunnel between a network device and a device node. - - - - - - - veth - - An ethernet tunnel between a pair of network devices. - - - - - - - vlan - - A vlan is a stacked device which receives packets from its underlying - device based on VLAN tagging. See - - IEEE 802.1Q for details. - - - - - - - vti - - An IPv4 over IPSec tunnel. - - - - - - - vxlan - - - - - + + Supported kinds of virtual network devices + + + + + + Kind + Description + + + bond + A bond device is an aggregation of all its slave devices. See Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO for details.Local configuration + + bridge + A bridge devcie is a software switch, each of its slave devices and the bridge itself are ports of the switch. + + dummy + A dummy device drops all packets sent to it. + + gre + A Level 3 GRE tunnel over IPv4. See RFC 2784 for details. + + gretap + A Level 2 GRE tunnel over IPv4. + + ip6gre + A Level 3 GRE tunnel over IPv6. + + ip6tnl + An IPv4 or IPv6 tunnel over IPv6 + + ip6gretap + An Level 2 GRE tunnel over IPv6. + + ipip + An IPv4 over IPv4 tunnel. + + ipvlan + An ipvlan device is a stacked device which receives packets from its underlying device based on IP address filtering. + + macvlan + A macvlan device is a stacked device which receives packets from its underlying device based on MAC address filtering. + + sit + An IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel. + + tap + A persistent Level 2 tunnel between a network device and a device node. + + tun + A persistent Level 3 tunnel between a network device and a device node. + + veth + An ethernet tunnel between a pair of network devices. + + vlan + A VLAN is a stacked device which receives packets from its underlying device based on VLAN tagging. See IEEE 802.1Q for details. + + vti + An IPv4 over IPSec tunnel. + + vxlan + A virtual extensible LAN (vxlan), for connecting Cloud computing deployments. + + +