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Message-ID: <ZEakbR71vNuLnEFp@shredder>
Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:46:53 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Question] Any plan to write/update the bridge doc?

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:25:08PM +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe someone already has asked. The only official Linux bridge document I
> got is a very ancient wiki page[1] or the ip link man page[2][3]. As there are
> many bridge stp/vlan/multicast paramegers. Should we add a detailed kernel
> document about each parameter? The parameter showed in ip link page seems
> a little brief.

I suggest improving the man pages instead of adding kernel
documentation. The man pages are the most up to date resource and
therefore the one users probably refer to the most. Also, it's already
quite annoying to patch both "ip-link" and "bridge" man pages when
adding bridge port options. Adding a third document and making sure all
three resources are patched would be a nightmare...

> 
> I'd like to help do this work. But apparently neither my English nor my
> understanding of the code is good enough. Anyway, if you want, I can help
> write a draft version first and you (bridge maintainers) keep working on this.

I can help reviewing man page patches if you want. I'm going to send
some soon. Will copy you.

> 
> [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/bridge
> [2] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/bridge.8.html
> [3] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ip-link.8.html
> 
> Thanks
> Hangbin

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