man: ip-link.8: Fix and improve synopsis

Reflect that it is possible to pass multiple parameters at the same
time, also use the same trick the help text uses to emphasize vf
specific parameters.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 2376f1653a8f29b11653f70dc3931403fb3965a9..e402fdd03316562246a5cc6233d75549637126d9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -92,79 +92,89 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 .BR "ip link set " {
 .IR DEVICE " | "
 .BI "group " GROUP
-.RB "} { " up " | " down " | " arp " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "} [ { " up " | " down " } ]"
 .br
-.BR promisc " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "[ " arp " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.BR allmulticast " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "[ " dynamic " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.BR dynamic " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "[ " multicast " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.BR multicast " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "[ " allmulticast " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.BR protodown " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.RB "[ " promisc " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.B  txqueuelen
-.IR PACKETS " |"
+.RB "[ " protodown " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.B  name
-.IR NEWNAME " |"
+.RB "[ " trailers " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.B  address
-.IR LLADDR " |"
-.B  broadcast
-.IR LLADDR " |"
+.RB "[ " txqueuelen
+.IR PACKETS " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " name
+.IR NEWNAME " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " address
+.IR LLADDR " ]"
 .br
-.B  mtu
-.IR MTU " |"
+.RB "[ " broadcast
+.IR LLADDR " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " mtu
+.IR MTU " ]"
 .br
-.B  netns
-.IR PID " |"
+.RB "[ " netns " {"
+.IR PID " | " NETNSNAME " } ]"
 .br
-.B  netns
-.IR NETNSNAME " |"
+.RB "[ " link-netnsid
+.IR ID " ]"
 .br
-.B alias
-.IR NAME  " |"
+.RB "[ " alias
+.IR NAME  " ]"
 .br
-.B vf
+.RB "[ " vf
 .IR NUM " ["
 .B  mac
-.IR LLADDR " ] ["
-.B vlan
+.IR LLADDR " ]"
+.br
+.in +9
+.RB "[ " vlan
 .IR VLANID " [ "
 .B qos
-.IR VLAN-QOS " ] ] ["
-.B rate
-.IR TXRATE " ] ["
-.B max_tx_rate
-.IR TXRATE " ] ["
-.B min_tx_rate
-.IR TXRATE " ] ["
-.B spoofchk { on | off } ] [
-.B state { auto | enable | disable} ] [
-.B trust { on | off }
-] |
+.IR VLAN-QOS " ] ]"
 .br
-.B master
-.IR DEVICE " |"
+.RB "[ " rate
+.IR TXRATE " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " max_tx_rate
+.IR TXRATE " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " min_tx_rate
+.IR TXRATE " ]"
 .br
-.B nomaster " |"
+.RB "[ " spoofchk " { " on " | " off " } ]"
 .br
-.B addrgenmode { eui64 | none | stable_secret | random }
+.RB "[ " state " { " auto " | " enable " | " disable " } ]"
 .br
-.B link-netnsid ID
-.BR " }"
+.RB "[ " trust " { " on " | " off " } ] ]"
+.br
+.in -9
+.RB "[ " master
+.IR DEVICE " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " nomaster " ]"
+.br
+.RB "[ " addrgenmode " { " eui64 " | " none " | " stable_secret " | " random " } ]"
 
 
 .ti -8
 .B ip link show
 .RI "[ " DEVICE " | "
 .B group
-.IR GROUP " | "
-.BR up " | "
+.IR GROUP " ] ["
+.BR up " ] ["
 .B master
-.IR DEVICE " | "
+.IR DEVICE " ] ["
 .B type
 .IR TYPE " ]"