On Saturday 16 January 2021 01:41:24 Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > 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 :) OK! I will send a new patch version ... > Maybe someone from netdev@ can help? Or Michael? ... and other improvements can be done later. > Regards, > > Alex > > > -- > Alejandro Colomar > Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ > http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
