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  /etc/hosts: added IPv6 loopback addresses.
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n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-13.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Well, apparently there was a newer branch of this than the one that was
  sitting in my usual pending queue, so here it is. This also includes some
  additional documentation on the new features. NOTE: In order to use SLAAC
  to configure IPv6, you'll need to have USE_SLAAC[x]="yes" for the interface
  in rc.inet1.conf. This is to ensure that nobody is surprised to find their
  machine fully exposed to the internet - better safe than sorry.
  Thanks to Darren "Tadgy" Austin and Robby Workman.
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  This package contains some updates to rc.wireless and rc.wireless.conf.
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+VLANs (aka, 802.1q)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+* Simple configuration of VLAN interfaces using standard rc.inet1.conf
+  variables.
+* Utilises the new IFOPTS[x]="" paramter, which allows VLAN interface
+  specific configuration, supporting the use of any option.
+* VLAN interfaces can be built on top of bonds and virtual or physical
+  interfaces.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+Configuring VLAN bound interfaces utilises the standard Slackware networking
+configuration syntax in rc.inet1.conf, with setting up an interface as simple
+as changing the IFNAME[x].
+
+VLAN interfaces can be configured quite simply in rc.inet1.conf, in the standard
+Slackware way of defining an interface.  The key to the configuration is to use
+the correct IFNAME[x]="" setting for the underlying ethernet (or bond) interface
+and the tagged VLAN ID that should be exposed.  For example:
+  IFNAME[0]="eth0.10"
+  IFOPTS[0]=""
+  IPADDR[0]="192.168.10.1"
+  NETMASK[0]="24"
+
+The VLAN ID is taken from the full interface name, which is comprised of the
+underlying interface name, a period (.) and then the VLAN ID to expose.
+The above example would use the physical interface 'eth0', and expose the VLAN
+with ID '10'.
+
+It is also possible to use a bond as the underlying interface, which allows
+link aggregated VLAN interfaces to be created for network redundancy.
+
+The interfaces support IPv4 and IPv6 IP addressing configured in the Slackware
+way in rc.inet1.conf.
+
+IFOPTS[x] is a pipe (|) delimited list of VLAN kernel module specific settings
+to be applied to the interface.  The ip-link(8) man page contains details of
+exactly what settings can be used with this option (search for "VLAN Type
+Support").  For example:
+  VLANOPTS[x]="protocol 802.1ad | reorder_hdr off"
+
+Under normal circumstances, where a standard VLAN interface is required, no
+options should be supplied.
+
+
+--
+Darren 'Tadgy' Austin.
+<darren (at) afterdark.org.uk>