This covers the fact that calling 'ip {link|addr} show type foobar' does
not return an error.Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <[email protected]> --- man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 6 ++++++ man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in index ab0942d7e94e2..8d34adb336af4 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in @@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ only list interfaces enslaved to this master device. .BI type " TYPE" only list interfaces of the given type. +Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types - +instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned +interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel +didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty +output. + .TP .B up only list running interfaces. diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index d5673639d9ddf..e10f541b20bcf 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -1242,6 +1242,12 @@ specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show. .I TYPE specifies the type of devices to show. +Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types - +instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned +interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel +didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty +output. + .SS ip link help - display help .PP -- 2.8.2
