[PATCH iproute2] man tc: Highlight minor & major, notice they are hex
From: Vadim Kochan <hidden>
Date: 2015-03-08 23:18:51
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Vadim Kochan <redacted> Also added some trivial form of the ID as "major:minor", just for visualisation of explained words. Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <redacted> --- man/man8/tc.8 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man8/tc.8 b/man/man8/tc.8
index a6aed0a..ea4d445 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc.8@@ -250,23 +250,33 @@ attached to that class. Check qdisc specific manpages for details, however. All qdiscs, classes and filters have IDs, which can either be specified or be automatically assigned. -IDs consist of a major number and a minor number, separated by a colon. -Both major and minor number are limited to 16 bits. There are two special -values: root is signified by major and minor of all ones, and unspecified -is all zeros. +IDs consist of a +.BR major " number and a " minor +number, separated by a colon - +.BR major ":" minor "." +Both +.BR major " and " minor +are hexadecimal numbers and are limited to 16 bits. There are two special +values: root is signified by +.BR major " and " minor +of all ones, and unspecified is all zeros. .TP QDISCS -A qdisc, which potentially can have children, -gets assigned a major number, called a 'handle', leaving the minor +A qdisc, which potentially can have children, gets assigned a +.B major +number, called a 'handle', leaving the +.B minor number namespace available for classes. The handle is expressed as '10:'. -It is customary to explicitly assign a handle to qdiscs expected to have -children. +It is customary to explicitly assign a handle to qdiscs expected to have children. .TP CLASSES -Classes residing under a qdisc share their qdisc major number, but each have -a separate minor number called a 'classid' that has no relation to their +Classes residing under a qdisc share their qdisc +.B major +number, but each have a separate +.B minor +number called a 'classid' that has no relation to their parent classes, only to their parent qdisc. The same naming custom as for qdiscs applies.
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