Re: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: Show state names in the 'link help' print

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 05:09:50PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:56:33 +0200
Vadim Kochan [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

From: Vadim Kochan <redacted>

Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <redacted>
---
 bridge/link.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bridge/link.c b/bridge/link.c
index a7bd85f..7f1ec70 100644
--- a/bridge/link.c
+++ b/bridge/link.c

@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ static void usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr,	"                               [ flood {on | off} ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "                               [ hwmode {vepa | veb} ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "       bridge link show [dev DEV]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "STATE := { 0 | disabled   |\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "           1 | listening  |\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "           2 | learning   |\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "           3 | forwarding |\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "           4 | blocking }\n");
 	exit(-1);
 }
 

that is too wordy for help. put it in docs if needed.

Hm, I assumed this might be useful for fast looking for state names from the shell just by 'link help'...