From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Brivio To: passt-dev@passt.top Subject: [PATCH] passt.1: Default host interfaces are now selected based on IP version Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 22:19:43 +0200 Message-ID: <20220730201943.1456243-1-sbrivio@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6711405822050575202==" --===============6711405822050575202== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reflect the changes from commit 4b2e018d70f3 ("Allow different external interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity") into the manual. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio --- passt.1 | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1 index 4e06c0c..378778c 100644 --- a/passt.1 +++ b/passt.1 @@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ Assign IPv4 \fIaddr\fR via DHCP (\fByiaddr\fR), or \fIadd= r\fR via DHCPv6 (option for an IPv6 \fIaddr\fR. This option can be specified zero (for defaults) to two times (once for IPv4, once for IPv6). -By default, assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are taken from the host interfa= ce -with the first default route. +By default, assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are taken from the host interfa= ces +with the first default route for the corresponding IP version. =20 .TP .BR \-n ", " \-\-netmask " " \fImask @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ according to the CIDR block of the assigned address (RFC = 4632). .BR \-M ", " \-\-mac-addr " " \fIaddr Use source MAC address \fIaddr\fR when communicating to the guest or to the target namespace. -Default is to use the MAC address of the interface with the first default ro= ute -on the host. +Default is to use the MAC address of the interface with the first IPv4 defau= lt +route on the host. =20 .TP .BR \-g ", " \-\-gateway " " \fIaddr @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Assign IPv4 \fIaddr\fR as default gateway via DHCP (optio= n 3), or IPv6 This option can be specified zero (for defaults) to two times (once for IPv4, once for IPv6). By default, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are taken from the host interface with t= he -first default route. +first default route for the corresponding IP version. =20 Note: these addresses are also used as source address for packets directed to the guest or to the target namespace having a loopback or local source addre= ss, @@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ to allow mapping of local traffic to guest and target nam= espace. See the .TP .BR \-i ", " \-\-interface " " \fIname Use host interface \fIname\fR to derive addresses and routes. -Default is to use the interface with the first default route. +Default is to use the interfaces with the first default routes for each IP +version. =20 .TP .BR \-D ", " \-\-dns " " \fIaddr --=20 2.35.1 --===============6711405822050575202==--