ip: update man pages for 'ip link'

[mirror_iproute2.git] / man / man8 / ip-link.8.in

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 9386cc6489d9bcd1a5ce2eeef6d81ccf1d6d3f6c..8d2a6f99d98c07e85556df8f00419fdabeebc5ea 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH IP\-LINK 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux"
+.TH IP\-LINK 8 "13 Dec 2012" "iproute2" "Linux"
 .SH "NAME"
 ip-link \- network device configuration
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -40,12 +40,29 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 .RB "[ " mtu
 .IR MTU " ]"
 .br
+.RB "[ " numtxqueues
+.IR QUEUE_COUNT " ]"
+.RB "[ " numrxqueues
+.IR QUEUE_COUNT " ]"
+.br
 .BR type " TYPE"
 .RI "[ " ARGS " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .IR TYPE " := [ "
-.BR vlan " | " veth " | " vcan " | " dummy " | " ifb " | " macvlan " | " can " | " bridge " ]"
+.BR bridge " | "
+.BR can " | "
+.BR dummy " | "
+.BR ifb " | "
+.BR ipoib " |"
+.BR macvlan  " | "
+.BR vcan " | "
+.BR veth " | "
+.BR vlan " | "
+.BR vxlan " |"
+.BR ip6tnl " |"
+.BR ipip " |"
+.BR sit " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
@@ -131,14 +148,11 @@ specifies the type of the new device.
 Link types:
 
 .in +8
-.B vlan
-- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
-.sp
-.B veth
-- Virtual ethernet interface
+.B bridge
+- Ethernet Bridge device
 .sp
-.B vcan
-- Virtual Local CAN interface
+.B can
+- Controller Area Network interface
 .sp
 .B dummy
 - Dummy network interface
@@ -146,16 +160,42 @@ Link types:
 .B ifb
 - Intermediate Functional Block device
 .sp
+.B ipoib
+- IP over Infiniband device
+.sp
 .B macvlan
-- virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
+- Virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
 .sp
-.B can
-- Controller Area Network interface
+.B vcan
+- Virtual Local CAN interface
 .sp
-.B bridge
-- Ethernet Bridge device
+.B veth
+- Virtual ethernet interface
+.sp
+.BR vlan
+- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
+.sp
+.BR vxlan
+- Virtual eXtended LAN
+.sp
+.BR ip6tnl
+- Virtual tunnel interface IPv4|IPv6 over IPv6
+.sp
+.BR ipip
+- Virtual tunnel interface IPv4 over IPv4
+.sp
+.BR sit
+- Virtual tunnel interface IPv6 over IPv4
 .in -8
 
+.TP
+.BI numtxqueues " QUEUE_COUNT "
+specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
+
+.TP
+.BI numrxqueues " QUEUE_COUNT "
+specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
+
 .SS ip link delete - delete virtual link
 .I DEVICE
 specifies the virtual  device to act operate on.