[iproute2-next,v2] ip-link: put types on man page in alphabetic order

Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger April 20, 2022, 3:11 a.m. UTC

Lets try and keep man pages using alpha order, it looks like
it started that way then drifted.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[e-mail]>
---
 man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

Comments

[e-mail] April 22, 2022, 8 p.m. UTC | #1

Hello:

This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2-next.git (main)
by David Ahern <[e-mail]>:

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:11:15 -0700 you wrote:
> Lets try and keep man pages using alpha order, it looks like
> it started that way then drifted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[e-mail]>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

Here is the summary with links:
  - [iproute2-next,v2] ip-link: put types on man page in alphabetic order
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2-next.git/commit/?id=f6559beaf7ab

You are awesome, thank you!

Patch

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index ec3cc4297da5..fc214a10c4e7 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -209,43 +209,43 @@  ip-link \- network device configuration
 .ti -8
 .IR TYPE " := [ "
 .BR amt " | "
-.BR bridge " | "
+.BR bareudp " |"
 .BR bond " | "
+.BR bridge " | "
 .BR can " | "
 .BR dummy " | "
-.BR hsr " | "
-.BR ifb " | "
-.BR ipoib " |"
-.BR macvlan  " | "
-.BR macvtap  " | "
-.BR vcan " | "
-.BR vxcan " | "
-.BR veth " | "
-.BR vlan " | "
-.BR vxlan " |"
-.BR ip6tnl " |"
-.BR ipip " |"
-.BR sit " |"
+.BR erspan " |"
+.BR geneve " |"
 .BR gre " |"
 .BR gretap " |"
-.BR erspan " |"
+.BR gtp " |"
+.BR hsr " | "
+.BR ifb " | "
+.BR ip6erspan " |"
 .BR ip6gre " |"
 .BR ip6gretap " |"
-.BR ip6erspan " |"
-.BR vti " |"
-.BR nlmon " |"
+.BR ip6tnl " |"
+.BR ipip " |"
+.BR ipoib " |"
 .BR ipvlan " |"
 .BR ipvtap " |"
 .BR lowpan " |"
-.BR geneve " |"
-.BR bareudp " |"
-.BR vrf " |"
 .BR macsec " |"
+.BR macvlan  " | "
+.BR macvtap  " | "
 .BR netdevsim " |"
+.BR nlmon " |"
 .BR rmnet " |"
-.BR xfrm " |"
-.BR gtp " |"
-.BR virt_wifi " ]"
+.BR sit " |"
+.BR vcan " | "
+.BR veth " | "
+.BR virt_wifi " |"
+.BR vlan " | "
+.BR vrf " |"
+.BR vti " |"
+.BR vxcan " | "
+.BR vxlan " |"
+.BR xfrm " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .IR ETYPE " := [ " TYPE " |"
@@ -290,44 +290,52 @@  specifies the type of the new device.
 Link types:
 
 .in +8
-.B bridge
-- Ethernet Bridge device
+.BR amt
+- Automatic Multicast Tunneling (AMT)
+.sp
+.BR bareudp
+- Bare UDP L3 encapsulation support
 .sp
 .B bond
 - Bonding device
+.B bridge
+- Ethernet Bridge device
+.sp
+.B can
+- Controller Area Network
 .sp
 .B dummy
 - Dummy network interface
 .sp
-.B hsr
-- High-availability Seamless Redundancy device
+.BR erspan
+- Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv4
 .sp
-.B ifb
-- Intermediate Functional Block device
+.B geneve
+- GEneric NEtwork Virtualization Encapsulation
 .sp
-.B ipoib
-- IP over Infiniband device
+.B gre
+- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
 .sp
-.B macvlan
-- Virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
+.BR gretap
+- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
 .sp
-.B macvtap
-- Virtual interface based on link layer address (MAC) and TAP.
+.BR gtp
+- GPRS Tunneling Protocol
 .sp
-.B vcan
-- Virtual Controller Area Network interface
+.B hsr
+- High-availability Seamless Redundancy device
 .sp
-.B vxcan
-- Virtual Controller Area Network tunnel interface
+.B ifb
+- Intermediate Functional Block device
 .sp
-.B veth
-- Virtual ethernet interface
+.BR ip6erspan
+- Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv6
 .sp
-.BR vlan
-- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
+.BR ip6gre
+- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
 .sp
-.BR vxlan
-- Virtual eXtended LAN
+.BR ip6gretap
+- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
 .sp
 .BR ip6tnl
 - Virtual tunnel interface IPv4|IPv6 over IPv6
@@ -335,71 +343,66 @@  Link types:
 .BR ipip
 - Virtual tunnel interface IPv4 over IPv4
 .sp
-.BR sit
-- Virtual tunnel interface IPv6 over IPv4
+.B ipoib
+- IP over Infiniband device
 .sp
-.BR gre
-- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
+.BR ipvlan
+- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
 .sp
-.BR gretap
-- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
+.BR ipvtap
+- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs and TAP
 .sp
-.BR erspan
-- Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv4
+.BR lowpan
+- Interface for 6LoWPAN (IPv6) over IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth
 .sp
-.BR ip6gre
-- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
+.BR macsec
+- Interface for IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MACsec)
 .sp
-.BR ip6gretap
-- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
+.B macvlan
+- Virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
 .sp
-.BR ip6erspan
-- Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv6
+.B macvtap
+- Virtual interface based on link layer address (MAC) and TAP.
 .sp
-.BR vti
-- Virtual tunnel interface
+.BR netdevsim
+- Interface for netdev API tests
 .sp
 .BR nlmon
 - Netlink monitoring device
 .sp
-.BR ipvlan
-- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
-.sp
-.BR ipvtap
-- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs and TAP
+.BR rmnet
+- Qualcomm rmnet device
 .sp
-.BR lowpan
-- Interface for 6LoWPAN (IPv6) over IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth
+.BR sit
+- Virtual tunnel interface IPv6 over IPv4
 .sp
-.BR geneve
-- GEneric NEtwork Virtualization Encapsulation
+.B vcan
+- Virtual Controller Area Network interface
 .sp
-.BR bareudp
-- Bare UDP L3 encapsulation support
+.B veth
+- Virtual ethernet interface
 .sp
-.BR amt
-- Automatic Multicast Tunneling (AMT)
+.BR virt_wifi
+- rtnetlink wifi simulation device
 .sp
-.BR macsec
-- Interface for IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MACsec)
+.BR vlan
+- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
 .sp
 .BR vrf
 - Interface for L3 VRF domains
 .sp
-.BR netdevsim
-- Interface for netdev API tests
+.BR vti
+- Virtual tunnel interface
 .sp
-.BR rmnet
-- Qualcomm rmnet device
+.B vxcan
+- Virtual Controller Area Network tunnel interface
+.sp
+.BR vxlan
+- Virtual eXtended LAN
 .sp
 .BR xfrm
 - Virtual xfrm interface
 .sp
-.BR gtp
-- GPRS Tunneling Protocol
-.sp
-.BR virt_wifi
-- rtnetlink wifi simulation device
 .in -8
 
 .TP