[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] igb: doc don't refer to ifconfig

Jeff Kirsher jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com
Wed Mar 25 02:27:24 UTC 2015


From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>

ifconfig command is obsolete, best to remove all references so that
new users learn ip.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/igb.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
index 43d3549..15534fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Additional Configurations
   Jumbo Frames
   ------------
   Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than
-  the default of 1500.  Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU size.
+  the default of 1500.  Use the ip command to increase the MTU size.
   For example:
 
-       ifconfig eth<x> mtu 9000 up
+       ip link set dev eth<x> mtu 9000
 
   This setting is not saved across reboots.
 
-- 
1.9.3



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