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[iproute2,3/6] man8/bridge.8: explain what a local FDB entry is

Message ID 20210211104502.2081443-4-olteanv@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Stephen Hemminger
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Series Clarifications to bridge man page | expand

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netdev/tree_selection success Not a local patch

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Vladimir Oltean Feb. 11, 2021, 10:44 a.m. UTC 
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

Explaining the "local" flag by saying that it is "a local permanent fdb
entry" is not very helpful, be more specific.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
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 man/man8/bridge.8 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 223e65d64757..b629c52b8341 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -514,8 +514,10 @@  the Ethernet MAC address.
 the interface to which this address is associated.
 
 .B local
-- is a local permanent fdb entry. This flag is default unless "static" or
-  "dynamic" are explicitly specified.
+- is a local permanent fdb entry, which means that the bridge will not forward
+frames with this destination MAC address and VLAN ID, but terminate them
+locally. This flag is default unless "static" or "dynamic" are explicitly
+specified.
 .sp
 
 .B permanent