netdev - [PATCH ethtool v4 6/6] ethtool.8.in: Add --json option

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Date:   Wed,  1 Jul 2020 03:07:43 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: [PATCH ethtool v4 6/6] ethtool.8.in: Add --json option

Document the --json option, which the --cable-test and
--cable-test-tdr options support.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
---
 ethtool.8.in | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ethtool.8.in b/ethtool.8.in
index 60ca37c..689822e 100644
--- a/ethtool.8.in
+++ b/ethtool.8.in
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings
 .BN --debug
 .I args
 .HP
+.B ethtool [--json]
+.I args
+.HP
 .B ethtool \-\-monitor
 [
 .I command
@@ -476,6 +479,11 @@ lB	l.
 0x01  Parser information
 .TE
 .TP
+.BI \-\-json
+Output results in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Only a subset of
+options support this. Those which do not will continue to output
+plain text in the presence of this option.
+.TP
 .B \-a \-\-show\-pause
 Queries the specified Ethernet device for pause parameter information.
 .TP
-- 
2.27.0