netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] xfrm: Update documentation

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:19:54 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] xfrm: Update documentation

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:13:30 -0400
David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu> wrote:

> The ip(8) man page and the "ip xfrm [ XFRM-OBJECT ] help" command output
> are updated to include missing options, fix errors, and improve grammar.
> There are no functional changes made.
> 
> The documentation for the ip command has many different meanings for the
> same formatting symbols (which really needs to be fixed). This patch makes
> consistent use of brackets [ ] to indicate optional parameters, pipes | to
> mean "OR", braces { } to group things together, and dashes - instead of
> underscores _ inside of parameter names. The parameters are listed in the
> order in which they are parsed in the source code.
> 
> There are several parameters and options that are still not mentioned or
> need to be described more thoroughly in the "COMMAND SYNTAX" section of
> the ip(8) man page. I would appreciate help from the developers with this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>

Applied
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