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From 7384fd2e31a9284f2ded443666fb91eabc15b75b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 20:36:52 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] man: ip-address, ip-link: Document 'type' quirk
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Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1341343
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Upstream Status: iproute2.git commit 3462c116f8dd5
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commit 3462c116f8dd578591f5f41d249d7542ea476ca4
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Author: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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Date: Fri Jun 24 12:14:23 2016 +0200
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man: ip-address, ip-link: Document 'type' quirk
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This covers the fact that calling 'ip {link|addr} show type foobar' does
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not return an error.
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Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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---
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man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 6 ++++++
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man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 6 ++++++
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2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
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index ab0942d..8d34adb 100644
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--- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
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+++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
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@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ only list interfaces enslaved to this master device.
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.BI type " TYPE"
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only list interfaces of the given type.
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+Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
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+instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
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+interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
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+didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
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+output.
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+
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.TP
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.B up
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only list running interfaces.
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diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
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index c9ccf23..5e4862f 100644
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--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
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+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
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@@ -934,6 +934,12 @@ specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show.
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.I TYPE
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specifies the type of devices to show.
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+Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
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+instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
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+interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
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+didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
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+output.
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+
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.SS ip link help - display help
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.PP
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--
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1.8.3.1
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