Update manpages with new interface configurations.

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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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-.TH RC.INET1.CONF 5 "6 Nov 2019" "Slackware Version 15.0"
+.TH RC.INET1.CONF 5 "16 Nov 2019" "Slackware Version 15.0"
 .SH NAME
 rc.inet1.conf \- Slackware network configuration file.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -85,26 +85,39 @@ VIRTIFUSER[0]="root"
 .br
 VIRTIFGROUP[0]="root"
 .br
-.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE CREATION AND SETUP
-Note the added BRNICS parameter which contains a space-separated list
-of the physical or virtual network interfaces you want to add to the bridge.
-Note that the parameter index can not be a duplicate of that defined for some
-other interface (e.g. eth0 will be index 0 by default).
+.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE INTERFACE CREATION
+Link aggregation (bond) interfaces can be configured with the use of 3 new
+parameters for use in rc.inet1.conf.  The BONDNICS parameter should contain
+the (space delimited) list of interfaces to include in the bond.  The type
+of bond is configured with the BONDMODE parameter, which can be any of the
+supported mode types as found in the bonding kernel documentation found at
+/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt.
 .LP
-IFNAME[0]="br0"
-.br
-BRNICS[0]="eth0 eth1 tun0"
-.br
-IPADDR[0]="192.168.0.1"
+The final parameter is a new generic IFOPTS parameter, which takes a list
+of interface specific configuration options in a pipe (|) delimited list.
+There are several module specific options which can be set with this
+parameter, and they can be found in the kernel source documentation from
+above.  Note: it is
+.B highly
+recommended that you use at least the
+.B miimon
+option.  Certain bonding modes will require other options to operate correctly.
+.LP
+Here is a complete configuration for a load balancing, fault tolerant
+interface, with two ethernet devices:
+.LP
+IFNAME[0]="bond0"
 .br
-NETMASK[0]="24"
+BONDNICS[0]="eth0 eth1"
 .br
-IPALIASES[0]=""
+BONDMODE[0]="balance-rr"
 .br
-USE_DHCP[0]=""
+IFOPTS[0]="xmit_hash_policy layer2+3 | miimon 100"
 .br
-DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""
+IPADDR[0]="192.168.0.10"
 .br
+NETMASK[0]="24"
+.LP
 .SH EXAMPLE VLAN INTERFACE CREATION
 VLAN interfaces can be configured in rc.inet1.conf, in the standard Slackware
 way of defining an interface.  The key to the configuration is to use the
@@ -116,6 +129,8 @@ interface, configured with a static IPv4 address:
 .LP
 IFNAME[0]="eth0.100"
 .br
+IFOPTS[0]=""
+.br
 IPADDR[0]="192.168.100.10"
 .br
 NETMASK[0]="24"
@@ -124,8 +139,38 @@ The IFNAME of the interface contains the underlying ethernet device name
 (eth0), a period (.), and the VLAN ID to be exposed.
 .LP
 Note that the underlying ethernet (or bond) interface does not need to have an
-IP address to be used with the VLAN.
+IP address to be used with the VLAN, but it can have an IP address if you are
+also using an untagged VLAN.
+.LP
+The new generic IFOPTS parameter takes a pipe (|) delimited list of interface
+type specific options, but does not need any options in order for a VLAN
+interface to be configured.  However, there are several VLAN specific options
+which can be configured if required - these are documented in the ip-link(8)
+man page (search for "VLAN Type Support").
+.br
+.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE CREATION AND SETUP
+Note the added BRNICS parameter which contains a space-separated list
+of the physical or virtual network interfaces you want to add to the bridge.
+Note that the parameter index can not be a duplicate of that defined for some
+other interface (e.g. eth0 will be index 0 by default).
+.LP
+IFNAME[5]="br0"
 .br
+BRNICS[5]="eth0 eth1 tun0"
+.br
+IFOPTS[5]=""
+.br
+IPADDR[5]="192.168.0.10"
+.br
+NETMASK[5]="24"
+.LP
+The new generic IFOPTS parameter takes a pipe (|) delimited list of interface
+type specific options, but does not need any options in order for a bridge
+interface to be configured.  However, there are several bridge specific options
+which can be configured if required - these are documented in the ip-link(8)
+man page (search for "BRIDGE Type Support").
+.br
+
 .SH GENERAL PARAMETERS
 This is a list of parameters you can set for any interface.
 The example section is for `eth0' by default, i.e.
@@ -327,10 +372,10 @@ script makes the assumption that array indexes stay below the value of
 .LP
 If you want to configure more than six network interfaces, you will
 have to edit the file
-.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
-and change the value `6' in the line
-.B MAXNICS=${MAXNICS:-6}
-to the number of network interfaces you wish to use.
+.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
+and uncomment, and change the value `6' in the line
+.B #MAXNICS="6"
+(at the very bottom of the file) to the number of network interfaces you wish to use.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
 .br