[iproute PATCH] man: ip-route: Clarify referenced versions are Linux ones

[iproute PATCH] man: ip-route: Clarify referenced versions are Linux ones

[Phil Sutter]

Versioning scheme of Linux and iproute2 is similar, therefore the
referenced kernel versions are likely to confuse readers. Clarify this
by prefixing each kernel version by 'Linux' prefix.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 man/man8/ip-route.8.in | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
index b21a847241427..a33ce1f0f4006 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
@@ -483,43 +483,43 @@ seconds and ms, msec or msecs to specify milliseconds.
 
 
 .TP
-.BI rttvar " TIME " "(2.3.15+ only)"
+.BI rttvar " TIME " "(Linux 2.3.15+ only)"
 the initial RTT variance estimate. Values are specified as with
 .BI rtt
 above.
 
 .TP
-.BI rto_min " TIME " "(2.6.23+ only)"
+.BI rto_min " TIME " "(Linux 2.6.23+ only)"
 the minimum TCP Retransmission TimeOut to use when communicating with this
 destination. Values are specified as with
 .BI rtt
 above.
 
 .TP
-.BI ssthresh " NUMBER " "(2.3.15+ only)"
+.BI ssthresh " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.3.15+ only)"
 an estimate for the initial slow start threshold.
 
 .TP
-.BI cwnd " NUMBER " "(2.3.15+ only)"
+.BI cwnd " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.3.15+ only)"
 the clamp for congestion window. It is ignored if the
 .B lock
 flag is not used.
 
 .TP
-.BI initcwnd " NUMBER " "(2.5.70+ only)"
+.BI initcwnd " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.5.70+ only)"
 the initial congestion window size for connections to this destination.
 Actual window size is this value multiplied by the MSS
 (``Maximal Segment Size'') for same connection. The default is
 zero, meaning to use the values specified in RFC2414.
 
 .TP
-.BI initrwnd " NUMBER " "(2.6.33+ only)"
+.BI initrwnd " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.6.33+ only)"
 the initial receive window size for connections to this destination.
 Actual window size is this value multiplied by the MSS of the connection.
 The default value is zero, meaning to use Slow Start value.
 
 .TP
-.BI features " FEATURES " (3.18+ only)
+.BI features " FEATURES " (Linux 3.18+ only)
 Enable or disable per-route features. Only available feature at this
 time is
 .B ecn
@@ -531,17 +531,17 @@ also be used even if the
 sysctl is set to 0.
 
 .TP
-.BI quickack " BOOL " "(3.11+ only)"
+.BI quickack " BOOL " "(Linux 3.11+ only)"
 Enable or disable quick ack for connections to this destination.
 
 .TP
-.BI fastopen_no_cookie " BOOL " "(4.15+ only)"
+.BI fastopen_no_cookie " BOOL " "(Linux 4.15+ only)"
 Enable TCP Fastopen without a cookie for connections to this destination.
 
 .TP
-.BI congctl " NAME " "(3.20+ only)"
+.BI congctl " NAME " "(Linux 3.20+ only)"
 .TP
-.BI "congctl lock" " NAME " "(3.20+ only)"
+.BI "congctl lock" " NAME " "(Linux 3.20+ only)"
 Sets a specific TCP congestion control algorithm only for a given destination.
 If not specified, Linux keeps the current global default TCP congestion control
 algorithm, or the one set from the application. If the modifier
@@ -554,14 +554,14 @@ control algorithm for that destination, thus it will be enforced/guaranteed to
 use the proposed algorithm.
 
 .TP
-.BI advmss " NUMBER " "(2.3.15+ only)"
+.BI advmss " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.3.15+ only)"
 the MSS ('Maximal Segment Size') to advertise to these
 destinations when establishing TCP connections. If it is not given,
 Linux uses a default value calculated from the first hop device MTU.
 (If the path to these destination is asymmetric, this guess may be wrong.)
 
 .TP
-.BI reordering " NUMBER " "(2.3.15+ only)"
+.BI reordering " NUMBER " "(Linux 2.3.15+ only)"
 Maximal reordering on the path to this destination.
 If it is not given, Linux uses the value selected with
 .B sysctl
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ is a set of encapsulation attributes specific to the
 .IR SEG6_ACTION " [ "
 .IR SEG6_ACTION_PARAM " ] "
 - Operation to perform on matching packets.
-The following actions are currently supported (\fB4.14+ only\fR).
+The following actions are currently supported (\fBLinux 4.14+ only\fR).
 .in +2
 
 .B End
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ address is set as described in \fBip-sr\fR(8).
 .in -8
 
 .TP
-.BI expires " TIME " "(4.4+ only)"
+.BI expires " TIME " "(Linux 4.4+ only)"
 the route will be deleted after the expires time.
 .B Only
 support IPv6 at present.
-- 
2.18.0

Re: [iproute PATCH] man: ip-route: Clarify referenced versions are Linux ones

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:18:26 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Versioning scheme of Linux and iproute2 is similar, therefore the
> referenced kernel versions are likely to confuse readers. Clarify this
> by prefixing each kernel version by 'Linux' prefix.
> 

Sure, makes sense applied.