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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-02-22 20:08:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-02-22 20:08:56 +0100 |
| commit | b875ac34bea05eac0132c7d1420443e8b3f42b07 (patch) | |
| tree | 75ffd2132439b6b38087c3f78693713cff8a3298 | |
| parent | f6d0fc3341742a9f122048b072bf8b33d391365f (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-b875ac34bea05eac0132c7d1420443e8b3f42b07.tar.gz | |
man: clarify DEVICE_IFACE vs. DEVICE_IP_IFACE in `man NetworkManager`
| -rw-r--r-- | man/NetworkManager.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.xml b/man/NetworkManager.xml index d50c206cc7..e674943e61 100644 --- a/man/NetworkManager.xml +++ b/man/NetworkManager.xml @@ -191,13 +191,18 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>DEVICE_IFACE</varname></term> <listitem><para> - The interface name of the device. + The interface name of the control interface of the device. + Depending on the device type, this differs from + <varname>DEVICE_IP_IFACE</varname>. For example for + ADSL devices, this could be 'atm0' or for WWAN devices + it might be 'ttyUSB0'. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>DEVICE_IP_IFACE</varname></term> <listitem><para> - The IP interface name of the device. + The IP interface name of the device. This is the network + interface on which IP addresses and routes will be configured. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |