netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 11/12] doc/netlink: Add spec for rt link messages

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Message-ID: <ZOeJXfT2lhVAaOAk@nanopsycho>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:46:21 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
	Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
	donald.hunter@...hat.com, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 11/12] doc/netlink: Add spec for rt link
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Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 01:20:02PM CEST, donald.hunter@...il.com wrote:

[...]

>+attribute-sets:
>+  -
>+    name: link-attrs
>+    name-prefix: ifla-
>+    attributes:
>+      -
>+        name: address
>+        type: binary
>+        display-hint: mac
>+        value: 1
>+      -
>+        name: broadcast
>+        type: binary
>+        display-hint: mac
>+        value: 2

Why do you specify value here? In general, it is not needed if it
is the prev+1.


>+      -
>+        name: ifname
>+        type: string
>+        value: 3

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