netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH] man: ip-route.8: Fix ENCAP references in synopsis

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Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:39:05 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH] man: ip-route.8: Fix ENCAP references in synopsis

Hi Phil,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:12:32PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> The different encapsulation types are described in ENCAP_*
> non-terminals, but ENCAP definition lists them without the ENCAP_
> prefix. Fix this for consistency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-route.8.in | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> index 11dd4ca7abf68..26dfe0b06c86b 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> @@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ throw " | " unreachable " | " prohibit " | " blackhole " | " nat " ]"
>  
>  .ti -8
>  .IR ENCAP " := [ "
> -.IR MPLS " | " IP " | " BPF " | " SEG6 " | " SEG6LOCAL " ] "
> +.IR ENCAP_MPLS " | " ENCAP_IP " | " ENCAP_BPF " | "
> +.IR ENCAP_SEG6 " | " ENCAP_SEG6LOCAL " ] "
>  
>  .ti -8
>  .IR ENCAP_MPLS " := "

This looks good but do we have another inconsistency with regards
to ENCAP and ENCAPTYPE ENCAPHDR (further down).

Glancing over the file the following also seem inconsistent:

* NH / NEXTHOP
* SCOPE / SCOPE_VAL

I didn't check very thoroughly so there could well be more.