netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2 4/6] man: ip-link: document new bcast

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Date:   Tue, 8 Mar 2022 23:28:12 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2 4/6] man: ip-link: document new
 bcast_flood flag on bridge ports

On Wed,  9 Mar 2022 08:17:14 +0100
Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@...il.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@...il.com>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> index 19a0c9ca..6dd18f7b 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> @@ -2366,6 +2366,8 @@ the following additional arguments are supported:
>  ] [
>  .BR mcast_flood " { " on " | " off " }"
>  ] [
> +.BR bcast_flood " { " on " | " off " }"
> +] [
>  .BR mcast_to_unicast " { " on " | " off " }"
>  ] [
>  .BR group_fwd_mask " MASK"
> @@ -2454,6 +2456,10 @@ option above.
>  - controls whether a given port will flood multicast traffic for which
>    there is no MDB entry.
>  
> +.BR bcast_flood " { " on " | " off " }"
> +- controls flooding of broadcast traffic on the given port. By default
> +this flag is on.
> +
>  .BR mcast_to_unicast " { " on " | " off " }"
>  - controls whether a given port will replicate packets using unicast
>    instead of multicast. By default this flag is off.

Minor nit, would be better to put options in alphabetical order in document.
Certainly not splitting the two mcast options.