On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 01:52:36PM +1000, Martin Kealey wrote: > > Hello iproute2 maintainer. > > (Sorry, I don't know your name) > > I recently noticed a discrepancy: the internal documentation for the ip > command says that an *RTT* value can be sufficed with "s" (second) or "ms" > (millisecond), but in practice no suffix of any kind is accepted. > > I found that that commit 697ac63905cb5ca5389cd840462ee9868123b77f to > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git caused this > regression; it was over-zealous in disallowing non-digits in *all* contexts > where a number is expected. > > As far as I can tell, this does not have any kernel-related impact, merely > it affects what arguments are accepted by the "ip" command. > > I have a suitable patch for fixing this; what is the procedure for > submitting it?
It's the same process with submitting patch to netdev[1]. If you are familiar with git. Just format a patch and send it to detdev@. Be careful with the subject prefix, Signed-off info and fixes tags. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/tree/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst#n257 Thanks Hangbin
