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rtnetlink.7: Document IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS

PATCH In review Linus Heckemann 3 participants 3 messages Jul 11, 2023 – Jul 15, 2023 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 rtnetlink.7: Document IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS

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@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ IFLA_QDISC:asciiz string:Queueing discipline
 IFLA_STATS:T{
 see below
 T}:Interface Statistics
+IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS:hardware address:hardware address provided by device (since 5.5)
 .TE
 .IP
 The value type for
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Hi Linus,

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man7/rtnetlink.7 IFLA_QDISC:asciiz string:Queueing discipline · line 111

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@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ IFLA_QDISC:asciiz string:Queueing discipline
 IFLA_STATS:T{
 see below
 T}:Interface Statistics
+IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS:hardware address:hardware address provided by device (since 5.5)
 .TE
 .IP
 The value type for

As far as I can see this was already done by commit e10078cd496e5471.

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Hello Linus,

Quoted 1 line · Linus Heckemann

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Please document this patch in the commit message.

man7/rtnetlink.7 IFLA_QDISC:asciiz string:Queueing discipline · line 108

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 man7/rtnetlink.7 | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
man7/rtnetlink.7 +1 -0
index 2ce541c37..6061b5fd4 100644
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ IFLA_QDISC:asciiz string:Queueing discipline
 IFLA_STATS:T{
 see below
 T}:Interface Statistics
+IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS:hardware address:hardware address provided by device (since 5.5)

For improved greppability, say Linux 5.5, instead of just 5.5.

Thanks,
Alex

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 .TE
 .IP
 The value type for
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