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[iproute2,2/6] man8/bridge.8: document that "local" is default for "bridge fdb add"

Message ID 20210211104502.2081443-3-olteanv@gmail.com
State New
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Series Clarifications to bridge man page | expand

Commit Message

Vladimir Oltean Feb. 11, 2021, 10:44 a.m. UTC 
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

The bridge does this:

fdb_modify:
	/* Assume permanent */
	if (!(req.ndm.ndm_state&(NUD_PERMANENT|NUD_REACHABLE)))
		req.ndm.ndm_state |= NUD_PERMANENT;

So let's make the user aware of the fact that if they don't want local
entries, they need to specify some other flag like "static".

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
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 man/man8/bridge.8 | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 12c09a56563d..223e65d64757 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@  the Ethernet MAC address.
 the interface to which this address is associated.
 
 .B local
-- is a local permanent fdb entry
+- is a local permanent fdb entry. This flag is default unless "static" or
+  "dynamic" are explicitly specified.
 .sp
 
 .B permanent