@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ only list interfaces enslaved to this master device.
.BI type " TYPE"
only list interfaces of the given type.
+Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
+instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
+interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
+didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
+output.
+
.TP
.B up
only list running interfaces.
@@ -1242,6 +1242,12 @@ specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show.
.I TYPE
specifies the type of devices to show.
+Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
+instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
+interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
+didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
+output.
+
.SS ip link help - display help
.PP
This covers the fact that calling 'ip {link|addr} show type foobar' does not return an error. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> --- man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 6 ++++++ man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)