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>Number:         16994
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Description of `disc' does not show that disc = ds[0-9]+
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 25 16:10:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	Sources cvsup'ed Feb 23, 2000.

>Description:

	The description of pseudo-device disc in LINT does not show that
	this is in fact the 'ds' type of interface.

>How-To-Repeat:

	grep '\<ds\>' LINT

>Fix:

--- LINT.orig	Tue Feb 22 03:58:47 2000
+++ LINT	Fri Feb 25 16:34:00 2000
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
 #  simultaneous BPF clients programs runnable.
 #  The `disc' pseudo-device implements a minimal network interface,
 #  which throws away all packets sent and never receives any.  It is
-#  included for testing purposes.
+#  included for testing purposes.  This shows up as the 'ds' interface.
 #  The `tun' pseudo-device implements (user-)ppp and nos-tun
 #  The `gif' pseudo-device implements IPv6 over IP4 tunneling,
 #  IPv4 over IPv6 tunneling, IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling and
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 pseudo-device	sppp			#Generic Synchronous PPP
 pseudo-device	loop			#Network loopback device
 pseudo-device	bpf			#Berkeley packet filter
-pseudo-device	disc			#Discard device
+pseudo-device	disc			#Discard device (ds0, ds1, etc)
 pseudo-device	tun			#Tunnel driver (ppp(8), nos-tun(8))
 pseudo-device	sl	2		#Serial Line IP
 pseudo-device	ppp	2		#Point-to-point protocol

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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