From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CC5C433E0 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:42:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D156422AAC for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726103AbhAPAmH (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:42:07 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55150 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725815AbhAPAmH (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:42:07 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x332.google.com (mail-wm1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::332]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E480BC061757; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:41:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x332.google.com with SMTP id e15so2656408wme.0; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:41:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=86ftdUay4YL8UzEpU/3CE7EjzVx94Q7v448ik7iohsk=; b=lcR4SNPAwn6ZSiCPWxITBTZsXWBCd9EMdRWY9+zqEYOTwNYcbh0BZbVNgJBih0KyPO Q5VOwN+soXapQ+JYEN9iUb3wilPhKXI6ByCzXpQrkJ3lZgAV1CxXG+g4dYYGe13brvsN /GSjq8BR2qKii7xzdwEovHF3zv8dLWB/YLc3UYkJYLbjGNu79mB2IFo7EZ6qT5zaqu0T nVisjv3rdq1aycLJeJtn1xYjmRDbdjCDupiOlwea5gX/HW8eZalBD1XonZvnFsiabeUs 0p17/EFaC/hENknPY7V1VqeSYvXCQOxFGRXsAzTF4NWrN9fcrH0Q4pSalkjev/FyFbTY Ef6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=86ftdUay4YL8UzEpU/3CE7EjzVx94Q7v448ik7iohsk=; b=ZGmvbJHAhILwQWpABNygkfKrGKpwMGhSv4Do/C5Y323Yjn2ki5tnN5H63NjTtva8X5 YUSkoAlGW9Of5UJX8oZMqUT901kW5Q2h9kxZw3eJreQ5Alp1FXWGBVrt4YhsOnx+2uAy t64PrmUnlh2Cj23dq1kQY9g+h+/q6RXLda/qJzo9XfqJ7bjHoH8sTkPRX8xurLI6wiL4 hOowqXMD1PnoNrN9tlgE2xCaM1bs7vSjoeU95LMNu6pxTmNrpUodcGU8Kh82BpTQQQpV Orv80RtJwGGt253wPMdtWR29k7QmbwMegWv4VN8lbUrRSecMr5k6DQxIXxyocSFMdR50 4yuQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533V36jZdS85qQGhJaISoFwRQtTDxC66gcFozwrqtvsKP/iuuv3Q lWZUhNw7eloWf6wwI9NQ4M3o7GQcdVo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxodeMhNSkIcJtr+tNNz4fVbUvHiijFYZHPfRJCSPi47R2WegtuXF3pSIOfpyasyL1JxGrTHQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1f86:: with SMTP id f128mr10922630wmf.174.1610757685747; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:41:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.143] ([170.253.51.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id d85sm9727579wmd.2.2021.01.15.16.41.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:41:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netdevice.7: Update documentation for SIOCGIFADDR SIOCSIFADDR SIOCDIFADDR To: =?UTF-8?Q?Pali_Roh=c3=a1r?= Cc: Michael Kerrisk , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <20210102140254.16714-1-pali@kernel.org> <20210102183952.4155-1-pali@kernel.org> <20210110163824.awdrmf3etndlyuls@pali> <16eaf3ce-3e76-5e34-5909-be065502abca@gmail.com> <20210112192647.ainhrkwhruejke4v@pali> From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Message-ID: <8e09e975-3b79-a47c-527f-84b77563d6bf@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:41:24 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:84.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/84.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210112192647.ainhrkwhruejke4v@pali> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 1/12/21 8:26 PM, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Sunday 10 January 2021 20:57:50 Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: >> [ CC += netdev ] >> >> On 1/10/21 5:38 PM, Pali Rohár wrote: >>> On Saturday 02 January 2021 19:39:52 Pali Rohár wrote: >>>> Also add description for struct in6_ifreq which is used for IPv6 addresses. >>>> >>>> SIOCSIFADDR and SIOCDIFADDR can be used to add or delete IPv6 address and >>>> pppd is using these ioctls for a long time. Surprisingly SIOCDIFADDR cannot >>>> be used for deleting IPv4 address but only for IPv6 addresses. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár >>>> --- >>>> man7/netdevice.7 | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- >>>> 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> Hello! Is something else needed for this patch? >> >> Hello Pali, >> >> Sorry, I forgot to comment a few more formatting/wording issues: see >> below. Apart from that, I'd prefer Michael to review this one. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex > > Hello Alex! I will try to explain configuring IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on > network interfaces, so you probably could have better way how to improve > description in "official" manpage. I'm not native English speaker, so I > would follow any suggestions from you. [...] Hi Pali, Thanks for explaining the process to me. However, I don't feel that I understand it enough to help you co-writing the text. I lack much background to understand your explanation. I'd help you with the language happily, if it was only that :) Maybe someone from netdev@ can help? Or Michael? Regards, Alex -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/