--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@
     To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
     assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
 
-    host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
-    host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
+    host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+    host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+    host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
     host1$ ping a.b.c.y
     host2$ ping a.b.c.x
 
@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@
 
     $ modprobe ib_mthca
     $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-    $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
+    $ ip li set dev ib0 up
+    $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
 
     NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server