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 <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> 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/
