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Date:      27 Dec 2001 23:16:34 -0000
From:      Dan Peterson <danp@danp.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/33260: bridge(4) man page sysctl example is incorrect 
Message-ID:  <20011227231634.79498.qmail@elmer.glueless.net>

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>Number:         33260
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       bridge(4) man page sysctl example is incorrect
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 27 15:20:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dan Peterson
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD elmer.glueless.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #1: Sat Dec 15 12:25:54 MST 2001 danp@elmer.glueless.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ELMER i386


	
>Description:

The sysctl example in bridge(4) for the "net.link.ether.bridge_cfg" OID is
incorrect. It doesn't follow sysctl's "name=value" usage.

>How-To-Repeat:

# sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg sis0:0
net.link.ether.bridge_cfg: sis0:0
sysctl: unknown oid 'sis0:0'

The right way:

# sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=sis0:0
net.link.ether.bridge_cfg: sis0:0 -> sis0:0

>Fix:

cvs server: Diffing .
Index: bridge.4
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/bridge.4,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.16 bridge.4
--- bridge.4    2001/12/11 08:29:10     1.16
+++ bridge.4    2001/12/27 23:15:00
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 .Li de0
 interfaces to be bridged together:
 .Pp
-.Dl "sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg ep0:0,fxp0:0,fxp1:1,de0:1"
+.Dl "sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=ep0:0,fxp0:0,fxp1:1,de0:1"
 .Sh BUGS
 Care must be taken not to construct loops in the
 .Nm
>Release-Note:
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