-.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"
\fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] }
.ti -8
-.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE
+.BI "ip link add"
+.RB "[ " link
+.IR DEVICE " ]"
.RB "[ " name " ]"
.I NAME
.br
.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
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
.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.