Commit a22e9295 authored by Sridhar Samudrala's avatar Sridhar Samudrala Committed by Stephen Hemminger

iproute2: Fix usage and man page for 'ip link'

Add bridge as a supported type with 'ip link' in usage and all the missing
types in 'ip' man page. Also fixed some typos.
Signed-off-by: default avatarSridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
parent 281d7406
......@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int iplink_have_newlink(void);
void iplink_usage(void)
{
if (iplink_have_newlink()) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip link add link DEV [ name ] NAME\n");
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip link add [link DEV] [ name ] NAME\n");
fprintf(stderr, " [ txqueuelen PACKETS ]\n");
fprintf(stderr, " [ address LLADDR ]\n");
fprintf(stderr, " [ broadcast LLADDR ]\n");
......@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void)
if (iplink_have_newlink()) {
fprintf(stderr, "\n");
fprintf(stderr, "TYPE := { vlan | veth | vcan | dummy | ifb | macvlan | can }\n");
fprintf(stderr, "TYPE := { vlan | veth | vcan | dummy | ifb | macvlan | can | bridge }\n");
}
exit(-1);
}
......
......@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ip \- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
.ti -8
.IR TYPE " := [ "
.BR vlan " | " maclan " | " can " ]"
.BR vlan " | " veth " | " vcan " | " dummy " | " ifb " | " macvlan " | " can " | " bridge ]"
.ti -8
.BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
......@@ -989,13 +989,28 @@ Link types:
.in +8
.B vlan
- 802.1q tagged virrtual LAN interface
- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
.sp
.B veth
- Virtual ethernet interface
.sp
.B vcan
- Virtual Local CAN interface
.sp
.B dummy
- Dummy network interface
.sp
.B ifb
- Intermediate Functional Block device
.sp
.B macvlan
- virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
.sp
.B can
- Controller Area Network interface
.sp
.B bridge
- Ethernet Bridge device
.in -8
.SS ip link delete - delete virtual link
......
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