Commit 54e9c3a3 authored by Petr Písař's avatar Petr Písař Committed by Stephen Hemminger

iproute2: bridge: document mdb

This augments bridge(8) manual page with `bridge mdb' and `bridge
monitor mdb' commands which have been added recently.
Signed-off-by: default avatarPetr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>
parent d3c77c46
...@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices ...@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
.ti -8 .ti -8
.IR OBJECT " := { " .IR OBJECT " := { "
.BR link " | " fdb " | " vlan " | " monitor " }" .BR link " | " fdb " | " mdb " | " vlan " | " monitor " }"
.sp .sp
.ti -8 .ti -8
...@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices ...@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
.B dev .B dev
.IR DEV " ]" .IR DEV " ]"
.ti -8
.BR "bridge mdb" " { " add " | " del " } "
.B dev
.IR DEV
.B port
.IR PORT
.B grp
.IR GROUP " [ "
.BR permanent " | " temp " ]"
.ti -8
.BR "bridge mdb show " [ "
.B dev
.IR DEV " ]"
.ti -8 .ti -8
.BR "bridge vlan" " { " add " | " del " } " .BR "bridge vlan" " { " add " | " del " } "
.B dev .B dev
...@@ -79,7 +94,7 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices ...@@ -79,7 +94,7 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
.IR DEV " ]" .IR DEV " ]"
.ti -8 .ti -8
.BR "bridge monitor" " [ " all " | " neigh " | " link " ]" .BR "bridge monitor" " [ " all " | " neigh " | " link " | " mdb " ]"
.SH OPTIONS .SH OPTIONS
...@@ -109,6 +124,10 @@ As a rule, the information is statistics or some time values. ...@@ -109,6 +124,10 @@ As a rule, the information is statistics or some time values.
.B fdb .B fdb
- Forwarding Database entry. - Forwarding Database entry.
.TP
.B mdb
- Multicast group database entry.
.TP .TP
.B vlan .B vlan
- VLAN filter list. - VLAN filter list.
...@@ -326,6 +345,69 @@ With the ...@@ -326,6 +345,69 @@ With the
option, the command becomes verbose. It prints out the last updated option, the command becomes verbose. It prints out the last updated
and last used time for each entry. and last used time for each entry.
.SH bridge mdb - multicast group database management
.B mdb
objects contain known IP multicast group addresses on a link.
.P
The corresponding commands display mdb entries, add new entries,
and delete old ones.
.SS bridge mdb add - add a new multicast group database entry
This command creates a new mdb entry.
.TP
.BI dev " DEV"
the interface where this group address is associated.
.TP
.BI port " PORT"
the port whose link is known to have members of this multicast group.
.TP
.BI grp " GROUP"
the IP multicast group address whose members reside on the link connected to
the port.
.B permanent
- the mdb entry is permanent
.sp
.B temp
- the mdb entry is temporary (default)
.sp
.in -8
.SS bridge mdb delete - delete a multicast group database entry
This command removes an existing mdb entry.
.PP
The arguments are the same as with
.BR "bridge mdb add" .
.SS bridge mdb show - list multicast group database entries
This command displays the current multicast group membership table. The table
is populated by IGMP and MLD snooping in the bridge driver automatically. It
can be altered by
.B bridge mdb add
and
.B bridge mdb del
commands manually too.
.TP
.BI dev " DEV"
the interface only whose entries should be listed. Default is to list all
bridge interfaces.
.PP
With the
.B -details
option, the command becomes verbose. It prints out the ports known to have
a connected router.
.SH bridge vlan - VLAN filter list .SH bridge vlan - VLAN filter list
.B vlan .B vlan
...@@ -395,7 +477,7 @@ command is the first in the command line and then the object list follows: ...@@ -395,7 +477,7 @@ command is the first in the command line and then the object list follows:
.I OBJECT-LIST .I OBJECT-LIST
is the list of object types that we want to monitor. is the list of object types that we want to monitor.
It may contain It may contain
.BR link ", and " fdb "." .BR link ", " fdb ", and " mdb "."
If no If no
.B file .B file
argument is given, argument is given,
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