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[iproute2,4/6] man8/bridge.8: fix which one of self/master is default for "bridge fdb"

Message ID 20210211104502.2081443-5-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, 10:45 a.m. UTC 
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

The bridge program does:

fdb_modify:
	/* Assume self */
	if (!(req.ndm.ndm_flags&(NTF_SELF|NTF_MASTER)))
		req.ndm.ndm_flags |= NTF_SELF;

which is clearly against the documented behavior. The only thing we can
do, sadly, is update the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
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 man/man8/bridge.8 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index b629c52b8341..1dc0aec83f09 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -533,11 +533,12 @@  specified.
 .sp
 
 .B self
-- the address is associated with the port drivers fdb. Usually hardware.
+- the address is associated with the port drivers fdb. Usually hardware
+  (default).
 .sp
 
 .B master
-- the address is associated with master devices fdb. Usually software (default).
+- the address is associated with master devices fdb. Usually software.
 .sp
 
 .B router