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authorWilliam Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>2011-12-28 10:41:07 -0600
committerWilliam Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>2011-12-28 10:41:07 -0600
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net: clean up documentation for up_before_preup
-rw-r--r--doc/net.example.Linux.in19
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
index d48983e..fd14134 100644
--- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in
+++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
@@ -1103,15 +1103,16 @@
# ${IFACE} is set to the interface being brought up/down
# ${IFVAR} is ${IFACE} converted to variable name bash allows
#
-# For historical & compatbility reasons, preup is actually normally called in
-# the follow sequence: up ; preup ; up
-# In that case, the first up causes the kernel to initialize the device, so
-# that it is available for use in the preup function. However, for some other
-# hardware, eg CAN devices, some configuration is needed before trying to up
-# the interface will actually work. For such harware, there are the
-# 'up_before_preup' variables, that skips the first up call.
-#up_before_preup_IFVAR=no
-#up_before_preup=no
+# For historical and compatibility reasons, preup is actually normally called
+# in the following sequence: up ; preup ; up.
+# The first up causes the kernel to initialize the device, so
+# that it is available for use in the preup function. However, for some
+# hardware, e.g. CAN devices, some configuration is needed before trying to up
+# the interface will actually work. For such hardware, the
+# up_before_preup variables will allow skipping the first up call if set
+# to yes.
+#up_before_preup_IFVAR="NO"
+#up_before_preup="NO"
#preup() {
# # Test for link on the interface prior to bringing it up. This