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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:41:44 GMT
From:      Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 832cd0590598 - main - ifconfig.8: Mention max name length
Message-ID:  <202510301841.59UIfiOE003821@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by ziaee:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=832cd05905980d0f6547bf02745b054c1f4af1eb

commit 832cd05905980d0f6547bf02745b054c1f4af1eb
Author:     William Carrel <william.a@carrel.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-10-30 18:39:29 +0000
Commit:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-10-30 18:40:45 +0000

    ifconfig.8: Mention max name length
    
    PR:             289113
    MFC after:      3 days
---
 sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index d4f8d2b5747a..627b7cd3f9e3 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ This is useful for devices which have multiple physical layer interfaces
 .It Cm name Ar name
 Set the interface name to
 .Ar name .
+The
+.Ar name
+may not be longer than 15 characters.
 .It Cm rxcsum , txcsum , rxcsum6 , txcsum6
 If the driver supports user-configurable checksum offloading,
 enable receive (or transmit) checksum offloading on the interface.


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