git: 3049aac91b91 - main - ifconfig.8: Improve description of the address argument
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:45:01 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3049aac91b91a119ff3cdc09c90c501873415f97 commit 3049aac91b91a119ff3cdc09c90c501873415f97 Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-03-31 09:28:41 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-03-31 09:43:18 +0000 ifconfig.8: Improve description of the address argument - Split paragraphs for clarity. - Add an example of setting a random MAC address. MFC after: 2 weeks --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 9fede254314c..9c6e280dc954 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ That is, one can specify an address like .Li 192.168.0.1/16 . .Pp For the -.Dq inet6 +.Cm inet6 family, it is also possible to specify the prefix length using the slash notation, like .Li ::1/128 . @@ -299,20 +299,23 @@ parameter below for more information. .\" count out long strings of digits in network byte order. .Pp The link-level -.Pq Dq link +.Pq Cm link address is specified as a series of colon-separated hex digits. This can be used to, for example, set a new MAC address on an Ethernet interface, though the mechanism used is not Ethernet specific. +.Pp Use the -.Pq Dq random +.Cm random keyword to set a randomly generated MAC address. A randomly-generated MAC address might be the same as one already in use in the network. Such duplications are extremely unlikely. +.Pp If the interface is already -up when this option is used, it will be briefly brought down and +up when the link-level address is modified, +it will be briefly brought down and then brought back up again in order to ensure that the receive filter in the underlying Ethernet hardware is properly reprogrammed. .It Ar address_family @@ -3149,6 +3152,9 @@ Display inet and inet6 address subnet masks in CIDR notation .Pp Display interfaces that are up with the exception of loopback .Dl # ifconfig -a -u -G lo +.Pp +Set a randomly-generated MAC address on tap0: +.Dl # ifconfig tap0 ether random .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and