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| author | Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2013-02-07 22:02:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2013-02-07 22:17:25 +0000 |
| commit | 0cb4c5107ce83b8a22b7664eed88dcd9cb258ebc (patch) | |
| tree | 39e4da6e5cd685c11beffe04aa096111eb90f825 | |
| parent | c455e64c76d42ecec1d5ee0f15666c9e6cb01d72 (diff) | |
| download | ethtool-0cb4c5107ce83b8a22b7664eed88dcd9cb258ebc.tar.gz | |
ethtool.8: Improve description of --test option
There were numerous grammatical errors in these descriptions,
combined with poor formatting. Describe each mode under a
separate heading.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | ethtool.8.in | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ethtool.8.in b/ethtool.8.in index 0e09b74..d8f2725 100644 --- a/ethtool.8.in +++ b/ethtool.8.in @@ -497,14 +497,16 @@ statistics. .B \-t \-\-test Executes adapter selftest on the specified network device. Possible test modes are: .TP -.RI \*(SD -defines test type: .B offline -(default) means to perform full set of tests possibly causing normal operation interruption during the tests, +Perform full set of tests, possibly interrupting normal operation +during the tests, +.TP .B online -means to perform limited set of tests do not interrupting normal adapter operation, +Perform limited set of tests, not interrupting normal operation, +.TP .B external_lb -means to perform external-loopback test in addition to other offline tests. +Perform full set of tests, as for \fBoffline\fR, and additionally an +external-loopback test. .TP .B \-s \-\-change Allows changing some or all settings of the specified network device. |