From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.olt...@nxp.com> Explaining the "local" flag by saying that it is "a local permanent fdb entry" is not very helpful, be more specific.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.olt...@nxp.com> --- man/man8/bridge.8 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8 index 223e65d64757..b629c52b8341 100644 --- a/man/man8/bridge.8 +++ b/man/man8/bridge.8 @@ -514,8 +514,10 @@ the Ethernet MAC address. the interface to which this address is associated. .B local -- is a local permanent fdb entry. This flag is default unless "static" or - "dynamic" are explicitly specified. +- is a local permanent fdb entry, which means that the bridge will not forward +frames with this destination MAC address and VLAN ID, but terminate them +locally. This flag is default unless "static" or "dynamic" are explicitly +specified. .sp .B permanent -- 2.25.1
