netdev - [PATCH iproute2 3/3] man: Document the meaning of zero in min/max_tx

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Message-Id: <1516110120-32132-4-git-send-email-galp@mellanox.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:42:00 +0200
From:   Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Sucheta Chakraborty <sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com>,
        Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] man: Document the meaning of zero in min/max_tx_rate parameters

Zero value in min/max_tx_rate has a special meaning of no rate limit,
document it.

Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
---
 man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index ff6bb9a..5e49850 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -1595,6 +1595,7 @@ option instead.
 .sp
 .BI max_tx_rate " TXRATE"
 - change the allowed maximum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
+Setting this parameter to 0 disables rate limiting.
 .B vf
 parameter must be specified.
 
@@ -1602,6 +1603,7 @@ parameter must be specified.
 .BI min_tx_rate " TXRATE"
 - change the allowed minimum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
 Minimum TXRATE should be always <= Maximum TXRATE.
+Setting this parameter to 0 disables rate limiting.
 .B vf
 parameter must be specified.
 
-- 
2.7.4