Allow space separated configs to work for CIDR address styles

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/conf.d.Linux/net.example b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
index 74bdbfdc..53e71679 100644
--- a/conf.d.Linux/net.example
+++ b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
@@ -19,25 +19,6 @@
 
 
 ##############################################################################
-# VARIABLES
-#
-# We've changed from using arrays to evaluated strings.
-# This has the benefit of being slightly more readable but more importantly it
-# works across all shells.
-# OLD
-# config_eth0=( "192.168.0.24 netmask 255.255.255.0" "192.168.0.25/24" )
-# NEW
-# config_eth0="192.168.0.24 netmask 255.255.255.0
-# 192.168.0.25/24"
-# INVALID
-# config_eth0="192.168.0.24 netmask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.25/24"
-# INVALID
-# config_eth0="192.168.0.24 netmask 255.255.255.0 \n 192.168.0.25/24"
-#
-# Basically if array elements may need spaces in their values then we separate
-# on a hard coded new line.
-
-##############################################################################
 # MODULES
 #
 # We now support modular networking scripts which means we can easily
@@ -83,17 +64,12 @@
 #config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24"
 #config_eth0="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
 
-# We can also specify a broadcast
-#config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24 brd 192.168.0.255"
-#config_eth0="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
-
 # If you need more than one address, you can use something like this
 # NOTE: ifconfig creates an aliased device for each extra IPv4 address
 #       (eth0:1, eth0:2, etc)
 #       iproute2 does not do this as there is no need to
-#config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24
-#192.168.0.3/24
-#192.168.0.4/24"
+#config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24 192.168.0.3/24 192.168.0.4/24"
+# However, that only works with CIDR addresses, so you can't use netmask.
 # Or you can use sequence expressions
 #config_eth0="192.168.0.{2..4}/24"
 # which does the same as above. Be careful though as if you use this and
@@ -102,18 +78,14 @@
 
 # You can also use IPv6 addresses
 # (you should always specify a prefix length with IPv6 here)
-#config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24
-#4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab/64
-#4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ac/64"
-#)
+#config_eth0="192.168.0.2/24 4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab/64 4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ac/64"
 
 # If you wish to keep existing addresses + routing and the interface is up,
 # you can specify a noop (no operation). If the interface is down or there
 # are no addresses assigned, then we move onto the next step (default dhcp)
 # This is useful when configuring your interface with a kernel command line
 # or similar
-#config_eth0="noop
-#192.168.0.2/24"
+#config_eth0="noop 192.168.0.2/24"
 
 # If you don't want ANY address (only useful when calling for advanced stuff)
 #config_eth0="null"
@@ -126,7 +98,7 @@
 
 # If a specified module fails (like dhcp - see below), you can specify a
 # fallback like so
-#fallback_eth0="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
+#fallback_eth0="192.168.0.2/24"
 #fallback_route_eth0="default via 192.168.0.1"
 
 # NOTE: fallback entry must match the entry location in config_eth0
@@ -570,8 +542,8 @@
 #vconfig_eth0="set_name_type VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD"
 #vconfig_vlan1="set_flag 1
 #set_egress_map 2 6"
-#config_vlan1="172.16.3.1 netmask 255.255.254.0"
-#config_vlan2="172.16.2.1 netmask 255.255.254.0"
+#config_vlan1="172.16.3.1/23"
+#config_vlan2="172.16.2.1/23"
 
 # NOTE: Vlans can be configured with a . in their interface names
 # When configuring vlans with this name type, you need to replace . with a _