netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 net-next] gre6: add collect metadata support

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 17:07:31 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     William Tu <u9012063@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 net-next] gre6: add collect metadata support

On Tue,  5 Dec 2017 15:10:37 -0800
William Tu <u9012063@...il.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> index a6a10e577b1f..eb04f887c940 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> @@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ the following additional arguments are supported:
>  .BI "dscp inherit"
>  ] [
>  .BI dev " PHYS_DEV "
> +] [
> +.RB external
>  ]
>  
>  .in +8
> @@ -833,6 +835,10 @@ or
>  .IR 00 ".." ff
>  when tunneling non-IP packets. The default value is 00.
>  
> +.sp
> +.RB external
> +- make this tunnel externally controlled (or not, which is the default).
> +
>  .in -8

I don't have any  direct involvement in offload, so would like some feedback
from others that are.

Not a big fan of opaque "metadata" what exactly does it mean?
Also "external" is already used to mean something else on other parts of
the link command. Also the option, and the value in JSON should be the same.

Please reconsider the naming and resubmit

The wording in the man page here could be better