[MACVLAN]: Update Kconfig to refer to iproute

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / drivers / net / Kconfig

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index f337800076c0fdba7fe986e8dd27d897f8cce1ef..a20e72f5ad28763d3dbf32eb722d27cc45daa444 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ config MACVLAN
          This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
          or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
 
+         Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
+         iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
+
+         "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
+
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
          will be called macvlan.