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[iproute2] man ip-link: Add missing link types - vti,ipvlan,nlmon

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Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Vadym Kochan April 4, 2015, 4 p.m. UTC
From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
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 man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Dan Williams April 6, 2015, 4:59 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, 2015-04-04 at 19:00 +0300, Vadim Kochan wrote:
> From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> index 0e3bb5e..642cdb2 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
>  .BR gre " |"
>  .BR gretap " |"
>  .BR ip6gre " |"
> -.BR ip6gretap " ]"
> +.BR ip6gretap " |"
> +.BR vti " |"
> +.BR nlmon " |"
> +.BR ipvlan " ]"
>  
>  .ti -8
>  .BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
> @@ -228,6 +231,15 @@ Link types:
>  .sp
>  .BR ip6gretap
>  - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
> +.sp
> +.BR vti
> +- Virtual tunnel interface
> +.sp
> +.BR nlmon
> +- Netlink monitoring device
> +.sp
> +.BR ipvlan
> +- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs

ipvlan does L2 as well.

Dan

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Dan Williams April 6, 2015, 5:01 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 2015-04-06 at 11:59 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-04-04 at 19:00 +0300, Vadim Kochan wrote:
> > From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 14 +++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> > index 0e3bb5e..642cdb2 100644
> > --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> > +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> > @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
> >  .BR gre " |"
> >  .BR gretap " |"
> >  .BR ip6gre " |"
> > -.BR ip6gretap " ]"
> > +.BR ip6gretap " |"
> > +.BR vti " |"
> > +.BR nlmon " |"
> > +.BR ipvlan " ]"
> >  
> >  .ti -8
> >  .BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
> > @@ -228,6 +231,15 @@ Link types:
> >  .sp
> >  .BR ip6gretap
> >  - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
> > +.sp
> > +.BR vti
> > +- Virtual tunnel interface
> > +.sp
> > +.BR nlmon
> > +- Netlink monitoring device
> > +.sp
> > +.BR ipvlan
> > +- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
> 
> ipvlan does L2 as well.

Too quick reply; although its main purpose is L3 of course, it *can* do
L2 operation as well but not in a VLAN-y mode since it shares the same
L2 address.  But since that would be rather odd, just ignore my previous
reply, L3 is fine here.

Dan

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diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 0e3bb5e..642cdb2 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@  ip-link \- network device configuration
 .BR gre " |"
 .BR gretap " |"
 .BR ip6gre " |"
-.BR ip6gretap " ]"
+.BR ip6gretap " |"
+.BR vti " |"
+.BR nlmon " |"
+.BR ipvlan " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .BI "ip link delete " DEVICE
@@ -228,6 +231,15 @@  Link types:
 .sp
 .BR ip6gretap
 - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
+.sp
+.BR vti
+- Virtual tunnel interface
+.sp
+.BR nlmon
+- Netlink monitoring device
+.sp
+.BR ipvlan
+- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
 .in -8
 
 .TP