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Message-Id: <20251223.074222.1040526801542772515.yamato@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:42:22 +0900 (JST)
From: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
To: stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/2] man: explain the naming convention of
 files under .d dir

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/2] man: explain the naming convention of files under .d dir
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:32:09 -0800

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:43:53 +0900
> Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 7 +++++++
>>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in    | 7 +++++--
>>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
>> index 79942c1a..e88a114f 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
>> +++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
>> @@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ values have a fixed interpretation. Namely:
>>  The rest of the values are not reserved and the administrator is free
>>  to assign (or not to assign) protocol tags.
>>  
>> +When scanning
>> +.BR rt_addrprotos.d
>> +directory, only files ending
>> +.BR .conf
>> +are considered.
>> +Files beginning with a dot are ignored.
>> +
>>  .SS ip address delete - delete protocol address
>>  .B Arguments:
>>  coincide with the arguments of
>> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> index ef45fe08..67f9e2f0 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> @@ -2315,8 +2315,11 @@ down on the switch port.
>>  .BR "protodown_reason PREASON on " or " off"
>>  set
>>  .B PROTODOWN
>> -reasons on the device. protodown reason bit names can be enumerated under
>> -/etc/iproute2/protodown_reasons.d/. possible reasons bits 0-31
>> +reasons on the device. protodown reason bit names can be enumerated in the
>> +.BR *.conf
>> +files under
>> +.BR @SYSCONF_USR_DIR@...otodown_reasons.d " or " @SYSCONF_ETC_DIR@...otodown_reasons.d "."
>> +possible reasons bits 0-31
>>  
>>  .TP
>>  .BR "dynamic on " or " dynamic off"
> 
> 
> The man page is slightly redundant here. Already have a README file in the
> directory.
> 

I didn't know the README files. I would like to withdraw the proposal of
this change.

Masatake YAMATO