Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:50:17 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/22064: ifconfig.8 claims ARP only on 10Mb/s Ethernet Message-ID: <20010601205017.A3843@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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The following patch corrects this issue in a slightly more correct way (ARP works on FDDI and Token Ring, not just Ethernet.) -- Brooks Index: ifconfig.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v retrieving revision 1.39 diff -u -r1.39 ifconfig.8 --- ifconfig.8 2001/05/29 09:13:44 1.39 +++ ifconfig.8 2001/06/02 02:20:48 @@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ .\" through .\" .Ar f , .\" are specified in hexadecimal. -.\" The host number may be omitted on 10Mb/s Ethernet interfaces, +.\" The host number may be omitted on IEEE 802 protocol +.\" (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring) interfaces, .\" which use the hardware physical address, .\" and on interfaces other than the first. .\" For the @@ -178,7 +179,9 @@ This is currently implemented for mapping between .Tn DARPA Internet -addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses. +addresses and +.Tn IEEE +802 48-bit MAC addresses (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring addresses.) .It Fl arp Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol. .It Cm broadcast -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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