IFLINK(8)

NAME
iflink - link a device driver to a network interface

SYNOPSIS
iflink [-v] [-f family] filename stream

DESCRIPTION
Iflink is the program that connects an instance of a device driver (i.e. one network controller board) to a network interface that can be used by the IP software. It is only used at boot time.

OPTIONS

-v  Tell the user what is going on by being verbose.

-f family
    Link a driver to an interface of the family network protocol. The default value for family is inet , or the TCP/IP subsystem. This option will be useful when multiple protocol modules will be available.

filename
    The filename of the device to link. This usually is a file in the system /dev directory, like /dev/wd0 for unit 0 of the Western Digital ("WD8003") driver.

interface
    The name of the interface to use. Multiple interface names per protocol are not allowed, each interface must get its own unique name. This usually is the name of the device without the /dev prefix, but this is not an official requirement.

FILES
None

BUGS
None so far.

AUTHOR
Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>