From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF81C169C4 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:17:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265C620863 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:16:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726860AbfBKJQ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:16:58 -0500 Received: from orbyte.nwl.cc ([151.80.46.58]:54800 "EHLO orbyte.nwl.cc" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726015AbfBKJQ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:16:58 -0500 Received: from localhost ([::1]:39658 helo=tatos) by orbyte.nwl.cc with esmtp (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gt7hw-0004YT-I0; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:16:56 +0100 From: Phil Sutter To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, William Flanagan Subject: [iproute PATCH] man: ip-link: Describe promisc mode Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:17:06 +0100 Message-Id: <20190211091706.20624-1-phil@nwl.cc> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190211091418.GL26388@orbyte.nwl.cc> References: <20190211091418.GL26388@orbyte.nwl.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Briefly explain what it is and where it's typically used. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter --- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index 73d37c190fffa..5c327f01b6b45 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -1780,6 +1780,14 @@ flag on the device. Indicates that address can change when interface goes down ( .B NOT used by the Linux). +.TP +.BR "promisc on " or " promisc off" +change the +.B PROMISC +flag on the device. This requests receipt of all packets arriving at the NIC +irrespective of their destination MAC address. It is typically used by traffic +sniffers and also set by Linux bridges for their ports. + .TP .BI name " NAME" change the name of the device. This operation is not -- 2.20.1