From: "Bastien Roucariès" <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Bastien Roucariès" <rouca@debian.org>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 3/6] Document BPDU filter option
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 15:48:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200405134859.57232-4-rouca@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200405134859.57232-1-rouca@debian.org>
Disabled state is also BPDU filter
---
man/man8/bridge.8 | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 4dc8a63c..c8e15416 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -293,32 +293,45 @@ droot port selectio algorithms.
.TP
.BI state " STATE "
-the operation state of the port. This is primarily used by user space STP/RSTP
+the operation state of the port. Except state 0 (disabled),
+this is primarily used by user space STP/RSTP
implementation. One may enter a lowercased port state name, or one of the
numbers below. Negative inputs are ignored, and unrecognized names return an
error.
.B 0
-- port is DISABLED. Make this port completely inactive.
+- port is in
+.B DISABLED
+state. Make this port completely inactive. This is also called
+BPDU filter and could be used to disable STP on an untrusted port, like
+a leaf virtual devices.
.sp
.B 1
-- STP LISTENING state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. In this
+- STP
+.B LISTENING
+state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. In this
state the port listens for STP BPDUs and drops all other traffic frames.
.sp
.B 2
-- STP LEARNING state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. In this
+- STP
+.B LEARNING
+state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. In this
state the port will accept traffic only for the purpose of updating MAC
address tables.
.sp
.B 3
-- STP FORWARDING state. Port is fully active.
+- STP
+.B FORWARDING
+state. Port is fully active.
.sp
.B 4
-- STP BLOCKING state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. This state
+- STP
+.B BLOCKING
+state. Only valid if STP is enabled on the bridge. This state
is used during the STP election process. In this state, port will only process
STP BPDUs.
.sp
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-05 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-05 13:48 Improve documentation of bridge Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-05 13:48 ` [PATCH iproute2 1/6] Better documentation of mcast_to_unicast option Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-05 13:48 ` [PATCH iproute2 2/6] Improve hairpin mode description Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-05 13:48 ` Bastien Roucariès [this message]
2020-04-05 13:48 ` [PATCH iproute2 4/6] Better documentation of BDPU guard Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-05 13:48 ` [PATCH iproute2 5/6] Document root_block option Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-06 9:54 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2020-04-05 13:48 ` [PATCH iproute2 6/6] State of bridge STP port are now case insensitive Bastien Roucariès
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [V2][PATH 0/6] iproute improve documentation of bridge roucaries.bastien
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 1/6] Better documentation of mcast_to_unicast option roucaries.bastien
2020-04-20 16:43 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 2/6] Improve hairpin mode description roucaries.bastien
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 3/6] Document BPDU filter option roucaries.bastien
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 4/6] Better documentation of BDPU guard roucaries.bastien
2020-04-13 9:28 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 5/6] Document root_block option roucaries.bastien
2020-04-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 6/6] State of bridge STP port are now case insensitive roucaries.bastien
2020-04-20 16:51 ` [V2][PATH 0/6] iproute improve documentation of bridge Stephen Hemminger
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