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authorMarkus Friedl <markus@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-12-08 10:03:44 +0000
committerMarkus Friedl <markus@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-12-08 10:03:44 +0000
commit198d38fc405f391c1b7c4938e7f8ec2f4f25a81d (patch)
treea3fd61818fe3ec473879ee049f2e0d050893a9cb /share/man/man4/gre.4
parent51fdd92000b2c50f1e5eec294b1e87b12402eb75 (diff)
mention ifconfig create; sync synopsis like (Op Ar count). with jmc, deraadt
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/gre.4 b/share/man/man4/gre.4
index 90a946592e2..48e13f54b62 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/gre.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/gre.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: gre.4,v 1.21 2003/11/21 09:26:54 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: gre.4,v 1.22 2003/12/08 10:03:43 markus Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: gre.4,v 1.10 1999/12/22 14:55:49 kleink Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright 1998 (c) The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.Nm gre
.Nd encapsulating network device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd pseudo-device gre Op Ar count
+.Cd "pseudo-device gre" Op Ar count
.Sh NOTE
.Tn GRE ,
.Tn WCCPv1 ,
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ The
network interface allows tunnel construction using the Cisco GRE or
the Mobile-IP (RFC 2004) encapsulation protocols.
.Pp
+A
+.Nm
+interface can be created at runtime using the
+.Ic ifconfig greN create
+command or by setting up a
+.Xr hostname.if 5
+configuration file for
+.Xr netstart 8 .
+.Pp
This driver currently supports the following modes of operation:
.Bl -tag -width abc
.It GRE encapsulation (IP protocol number 47).
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ Host X-- Host A ----------------tunnel---------- Cisco D------Host E
On Host A (OpenBSD):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# route add default B
+# ifconfig greN create
# ifconfig greN A D netmask 0xffffffff linkX up
# ifconfig greN tunnel A D
# route add E D
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@ OR
On Host D (OpenBSD):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# route add default C
+# ifconfig greN create
# ifconfig greN D A
# ifconfig greN tunnel D A
.Ed