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iproute: Document the "ip link add index IDX" possibility

Message ID 52C14305.8070401@parallels.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Pavel Emelyanov Dec. 30, 2013, 9:55 a.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@paralles.com>

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Stephen Hemminger Jan. 10, 2014, 6:43 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:55:17 +0400
Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@paralles.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> index 3986a5a..94d07fc 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
>  .br
>  .RB "[ " mtu
>  .IR MTU " ]"
> +.RB "[ " index
> +.IR IDX " ]"
>  .br
>  .RB "[ " numtxqueues
>  .IR QUEUE_COUNT " ]"
> @@ -218,6 +220,10 @@ specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
>  specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
>  
>  .TP
> +.BI index " IDX "
> +specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is busy.
> +
> +.TP
>  VXLAN Type Support
>  For a link of type 
>  .I VXLAN

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diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 3986a5a..94d07fc 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@  ip-link \- network device configuration
 .br
 .RB "[ " mtu
 .IR MTU " ]"
+.RB "[ " index
+.IR IDX " ]"
 .br
 .RB "[ " numtxqueues
 .IR QUEUE_COUNT " ]"
@@ -218,6 +220,10 @@  specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
 specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
 
 .TP
+.BI index " IDX "
+specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is busy.
+
+.TP
 VXLAN Type Support
 For a link of type 
 .I VXLAN