Mention nftables earlier in the documentation, so users have more context on what we are talking about. This is Debian bug #887718, which contains: <<< Currently one must read down 100 lines before it is even mentioned. You might want to make the connection between "nft" and "nftables" as early as the NAME or DESCRIPTION. >>> Requested-by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- doc/nft.xml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml index e515b11..9e979af 100644 --- a/doc/nft.xml +++ b/doc/nft.xml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <refnamediv> <refname>nft</refname> <refpurpose> - Administration tool for packet filtering and classification + Administration tool of the nftables framework for packet filtering and classification </refpurpose> </refnamediv> @@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> - nft is used to set up, maintain and inspect packet - filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel. + nft is the command line tool used to set up, maintain and inspect packet + filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel, in the nftables framework. + The Linux kernel subsystem is known as nf_tables, and 'nf' stands for Netfilter. </para> </refsect1> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
