Re: Inconsistencies between Linux Kernel Documentation and Man Pages

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Hi Dashuai,

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 05:56:51PM +0800, Dashuai Wu wrote:
> Hi,
> I noticed an inconsistency between the ARP manual page and the Linux kernel
> documentation regarding kernel parameters.
> 
> The ARP manual page
> https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/arp.7.html
> does not contain information about the deprecation of the 'unres_qlen'
> parameter and its replacement 'unres_qlen_bytes', while this information is
> present in the kernel documentation
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/ip-sysctl.html.
> 
> Would it be possible to update the ARP manual page to reflect these changes
> and maintain consistency with the kernel documentation?

Sure; would you mind sending a patch, and CCing the relevant kernel
developers?

You can find some guidelines for contributing patches here:
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING.d>

Thanks!

Have a lovely day!
Alex

> 
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> Dashuai Wu
> 

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