iproute2: support device group semantics

Add the group keyword to ip link set, which has the following meaning:
If both a group and a device name are pressent, we change the device's
group to the specified one. If only a group is present, then the
operation specified by the rest of the command should apply on an entire
group, not a single device.

So, to set eth0 to the default group, one would use
	ip link set dev eth0 group default

Conversely, to set all the devices in the default group down, use
	ip link set group default down

Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
index 730788a..8f82842 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip.8
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ ip \- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
 .RI "[ " ARGS " ]"
 
 .ti -8
-.BI "ip link set " DEVICE
-.RB "{ " up " | " down " | " arp " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.BR "ip link set " {
+.IR DEVICE " | "
+.BI "group " GROUP
+.RB "} { " up " | " down " | " arp " { " on " | " off " } |"
 .br
 .BR promisc " { " on " | " off " } |"
 .br
@@ -930,6 +932,13 @@ specifies network device to operate on. When configuring SR-IOV Virtual Fuction
 device.
 
 .TP
+.BI group " GROUP "
+.I GROUP
+has a dual role: If both group and dev are present, then move the device to the
+specified group.  If only a group is specified, then the command operates on
+all devices in that group.
+
+.TP
 .BR up " and " down
 change the state of the device to
 .B UP
@@ -996,6 +1005,12 @@ move the device to the network namespace associated with the process
 give the device a symbolic name for easy reference.
 
 .TP
+.BI group " GROUP"
+specify the group the device belongs to.
+The available groups are listed in file
+.BR "/etc/iproute2/group" .
+
+.TP
 .BI vf " NUM"
 specify a Virtual Function device to be configured. The associated PF device
 must be specified using the