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@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-# XL Network Configuration
+=encoding utf8
 
-## Syntax Overview
+
+=head1 XL Network Configuration
+
+
+=head2 Syntax Overview
 
 This document specifies the xl config file format vif configuration
 option.  It has the following form:
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ option.  It has the following form:
         vif = [ '<vifspec>', '<vifspec>', ... ]
 
 where each vifspec is in this form:
-    
+
         [<key>=<value>|<flag>,]
 
 For example:
@@ -24,11 +28,13 @@ These might be specified in the domain config file like this:
 More formally, the string is a series of comma-separated keyword/value
 pairs. All keywords are optional.
 
-Each device has a `DEVID` which is its index within the vif list, starting from 0.
+Each device has a C<DEVID> which is its index within the vif list, starting from 0.
 
-## Keywords
 
-### mac
+=head2 Keywords
+
+
+=head2 mac
 
 If specified then this option specifies the MAC address inside the
 guest of this VIF device. The value is a 48-bit number represented as
@@ -36,89 +42,137 @@ six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colons (:).
 
 The default if this keyword is not specified is to be automatically
 generate a MAC address inside the space assigned to Xen's
-[Organizationally Unique Identifier][oui] (00:16:3e).
+L<Organizationally Unique Identifier|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_Unique_Identifier> (00:16:3e).
 
 If you are choosing a MAC address then it is strongly recommend to
 follow one of the following strategies:
 
-  * Generate a random sequence of 6 byte, set the locally administered
-    bit (bit 2 of the first byte) and clear the multicast bit (bit 1
-    of the first byte). In other words the first byte should have the
-    bit pattern xxxxxx10 (where x is a randomly generated bit) and the
-    remaining 5 bytes are randomly generated See
-    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address] for more details the
-    structure of a MAC address.
-  * Allocate an address from within the space defined by your
-    organization's OUI (if you have one) following your organization's
-    procedures for doing so.
-  * Allocate an address from within the space defined by Xen's OUI
-    (00:16:3e). Taking care not to clash with other users of the
-    physical network segment where this VIF will reside.
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+Generate a random sequence of 6 byte, set the locally administered
+bit (bit 2 of the first byte) and clear the multicast bit (bit 1
+of the first byte). In other words the first byte should have the
+bit pattern xxxxxx10 (where x is a randomly generated bit) and the
+remaining 5 bytes are randomly generated See
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address] for more details the
+structure of a MAC address.
+
+
+=item *
+
+Allocate an address from within the space defined by your
+organization's OUI (if you have one) following your organization's
+procedures for doing so.
+
+
+=item *
+
+Allocate an address from within the space defined by Xen's OUI
+(00:16:3e). Taking care not to clash with other users of the
+physical network segment where this VIF will reside.
+
+
+=back
 
 If you have an OUI for your own use then that is the preferred
 strategy. Otherwise in general you should prefer to generate a random
 MAC and set the locally administered bit since this allows for more
 bits of randomness than using the Xen OUI.
 
-### bridge
+
+=head2 bridge
 
 Specifies the name of the network bridge which this VIF should be
-added to. The default is `xenbr0`. The bridge must be configured using
-your distribution's network configuration tools. See the [wiki][net]
+added to. The default is C<xenbr0>. The bridge must be configured using
+your distribution's network configuration tools. See the L<wiki|http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/HostConfiguration/Networking>
 for guidance and examples.
 
-### gatewaydev
+
+=head2 gatewaydev
 
 Specifies the name of the network interface which has an IP and which
 is in the network the VIF should communicate with. This is used in the host
-by the vif-route hotplug script. See [wiki][vifroute] for guidance and
+by the vif-route hotplug script. See L<wiki|http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Vif-route> for guidance and
 examples.
 
 NOTE: netdev is a deprecated alias of this option.
 
-### type
+
+=head2 type
 
 This keyword is valid for HVM guests only.
 
 Specifies the type of device to valid values are:
 
-  * `ioemu` (default) -- this device will be provided as an emulate
-    device to the guest and also as a paravirtualised device which the
-    guest may choose to use instead if it has suitable drivers
-    available.
-  * `vif` -- this device will be provided as a paravirtualised device
-    only.
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+C<ioemu> (default) -- this device will be provided as an emulate
+device to the guest and also as a paravirtualised device which the
+guest may choose to use instead if it has suitable drivers
+available.
+
+
+=item *
 
-### model
+C<vif> -- this device will be provided as a paravirtualised device
+only.
 
-This keyword is valid for HVM guest devices with `type=ioemu` only.
+
+=back
+
+
+=head2 model
+
+This keyword is valid for HVM guest devices with C<type=ioemu> only.
 
 Specifies the type device to emulated for this guest. Valid values
 are:
 
-  * `rtl8139` (default) -- Realtek RTL8139
-  * `e1000` -- Intel E1000 
-  * in principle any device supported by your device model
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+C<rtl8139> (default) -- Realtek RTL8139
+
 
-### vifname
+=item *
+
+C<e1000> -- Intel E1000 
+
+
+=item *
+
+in principle any device supported by your device model
+
+
+=back
+
+
+=head2 vifname
 
 Specifies the backend device name for the virtual device.
 
 If the domain is an HVM domain then the associated emulated (tap)
 device will have a "-emu" suffice added.
 
-The default name for the virtual device is `vifDOMID.DEVID` where
-`DOMID` is the guest domain ID and `DEVID` is the device
-number. Likewise the default tap name is `vifDOMID.DEVID-emu`.
+The default name for the virtual device is C<vifDOMID.DEVID> where
+C<DOMID> is the guest domain ID and C<DEVID> is the device
+number. Likewise the default tap name is C<vifDOMID.DEVID-emu>.
 
-### script
+
+=head2 script
 
 Specifies the hotplug script to run to configure this device (e.g. to
 add it to the relevant bridge). Defaults to
-`XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/vif-bridge` but can be set to any script. Some example
-scripts are installed in `XEN_SCRIPT_DIR`.
+C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR/vif-bridge> but can be set to any script. Some example
+scripts are installed in C<XEN_SCRIPT_DIR>.
+
 
-### ip
+=head2 ip
 
 Specifies the IP address for the device, the default is not to
 specify an IP address.
@@ -128,25 +182,51 @@ configured. A typically behaviour (exhibited by the example hotplug
 scripts) if set might be to configure firewall rules to allow only the
 specified IP address to be used by the guest (blocking all others).
 
-### backend
+
+=head2 backend
 
 Specifies the backend domain which this device should attach to. This
 defaults to domain 0.  Specifying another domain requires setting up a
 driver domain which is outside the scope of this document.
 
-### rate
+
+=head2 rate
 
 Specifies the rate at which the outgoing traffic will be limited to.
 The default if this keyword is not specified is unlimited.
 
-The rate may be specified as "<RATE>/s" or optionally "<RATE>/s@<INTERVAL>".
+The rate may be specified as "/s" or optionally "/s@".
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+C<RATE> is in bytes and can accept suffixes:
 
-  * `RATE` is in bytes and can accept suffixes:
-      * GB, MB, KB, B for bytes.
-      * Gb, Mb, Kb, b for bits.
-  * `INTERVAL` is in microseconds and can accept suffixes: ms, us, s.
-    It determines the frequency at which the vif transmission credit
-    is replenished. The default is 50ms.
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+GB, MB, KB, B for bytes.
+
+
+=item *
+
+Gb, Mb, Kb, b for bits.
+
+
+=back
+
+
+
+=item *
+
+C<INTERVAL> is in microseconds and can accept suffixes: ms, us, s.
+It determines the frequency at which the vif transmission credit
+is replenished. The default is 50ms.
+
+
+=back
 
 Vif rate limiting is credit-based. It means that for "1MB/s@20ms", the
 available credit will be equivalent of the traffic you would have done
@@ -162,12 +242,9 @@ For example:
 NOTE: The actual underlying limits of rate limiting are dependent
 on the underlying netback implementation.
 
-### devid
+
+=head2 devid
 
 Specifies the devid manually instead of letting xl choose the lowest index available.
 
 NOTE: This should not be set unless you have a reason to.
-
-[oui]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_Unique_Identifier
-[net]: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/HostConfiguration/Networking
-[vifroute]: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Vif-route
