* [PATCH] man: ip-route.8: Mention that lower metric means higher priority
@ 2017-06-21 19:59 Lukas Braun
2017-06-27 23:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
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From: Lukas Braun @ 2017-06-21 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: netdev, Lukas Braun
This is quite counter-intuitive when using the 'preference' keyword.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Braun <koomi@moshbit.net>
---
man/man8/ip-route.8.in | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
index c8eb38a..d74e2a8 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ from
.BI preference " NUMBER"
the preference value of the route.
.I NUMBER
-is an arbitrary 32bit number.
+is an arbitrary 32bit number, where routes with lower values are preferred.
.TP
.BI table " TABLEID"
--
2.1.4
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* Re: [PATCH] man: ip-route.8: Mention that lower metric means higher priority
2017-06-21 19:59 [PATCH] man: ip-route.8: Mention that lower metric means higher priority Lukas Braun
@ 2017-06-27 23:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
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From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2017-06-27 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lukas Braun; +Cc: netdev
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:59:45 +0200
Lukas Braun <koomi@moshbit.net> wrote:
> This is quite counter-intuitive when using the 'preference' keyword.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Braun <koomi@moshbit.net>
I think it goes back to some wording in RFC.
But your addition makes sense. Applied.
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