Module Name: src
Committed By: roy
Date: Sun Sep 27 15:42:48 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: bridge.4
Log Message:
bridge(4): Note that the bridge does not allow assignment of IP addresses
Document using vether(4) instead to get the same effect.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 src/share/man/man4/bridge.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/bridge.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/bridge.4:1.13 src/share/man/man4/bridge.4:1.14
--- src/share/man/man4/bridge.4:1.13 Sat Aug 1 08:20:47 2020
+++ src/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Sun Sep 27 15:42:48 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: bridge.4,v 1.13 2020/08/01 08:20:47 maxv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: bridge.4,v 1.14 2020/09/27 15:42:48 roy Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright 2001 Wasabi Systems, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 1, 2020
+.Dd September 27, 2020
.Dt BRIDGE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -96,10 +96,18 @@ driver will enable passing of VLAN tagge
interfaces support it.
This is to facilitate XEN network configurations with
.Xr xennet 4 .
+.Pp
+It is not possible to assign an IP address directly to the
+.Nm
+interface.
+Instead, assign an IP address to a
+.Xr vether 4
+interface which can be added to the bridge.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr l2tp 4 ,
.Xr options 4 ,
.Xr xennet 4 ,
+.Xr vether 4 ,
.Xr brconfig 8 ,
.Xr ipf 8
.Sh HISTORY
