netdev - [PATCH 2/6] Improve hairpin mode description

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 01:50:34 +0200
From:   roucaries.bastien@...il.com
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Bastien Roucariès <rouca@...ian.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Improve hairpin mode description

From: Bastien Roucariès <rouca@...ian.org>

Mention VEPA and reflective relay.

Signed-off-by: Bastien Roucariès <rouca@...ian.org>
---
 man/man8/bridge.8 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index ff6f6f37..584324b5 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ cause the port to stop processing STP BPDUs.
 .TP
 .BR "hairpin on " or " hairpin off "
 Controls whether traffic may be send back out of the port on which it was
-received. By default, this flag is turned off and the bridge will not forward
+received. This option is also called reflective relay mode, and is used to support
+basic VEPA (Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities.
+By default, this flag is turned off and the bridge will not forward
 traffic back out of the receiving port.
 
 .TP
-- 
2.25.1