From aba44dc2eaf035387b979b7f4acba67fada844a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roman Mashak Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 15:46:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ip: updated ip-link man page Added description of link flags allmulticast, promisc and trailers. Signed-off-by: Roman Mashak Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index 367105b72..f451ecf34 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -1916,6 +1916,28 @@ change the .B MULTICAST flag on the device. +.TP +.BR "allmulticast on " or " allmulticast off" +change the +.B ALLMULTI +flag on the device. When enabled, instructs network driver to retrieve all +multicast packets from the network to the kernel for further processing. + +.TP +.BR "promisc on " or " promisc off" +change the +.B PROMISC +flag on the device. When enabled, activates promiscuous operation of the +network device. + +.TP +.BR "trailers on " or " trailers off" +change the +.B NOTRAILERS +flag on the device, +.B NOT +used by the Linux and exists for BSD compatibility. + .TP .BR "protodown on " or " protodown off" change the -- 2.47.2