From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 15:02:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3701065673; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE588FC0C; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q8OF2VcE040566; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 GMT (envelope-from bjk@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q8OF2Vd5040564; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 GMT (envelope-from bjk@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201209241502.q8OF2Vd5040564@svn.freebsd.org> From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r240887 - head/share/man/man4 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:31 -0000 Author: bjk (doc committer) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:02:31 2012 New Revision: 240887 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/240887 Log: Minor man page cleanup -- fix grammar, markup fixes, and start each sentence on a new line. Approved by: hrs (mentor) Modified: head/share/man/man4/vale.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/vale.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/vale.4 Mon Sep 24 14:54:27 2012 (r240886) +++ head/share/man/man4/vale.4 Mon Sep 24 15:02:31 2012 (r240887) @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a feature of the -.Nm netmap +.Xr netmap 4 module that implements multiple Virtual switches that can be used to interconnect netmap clients, including traffic sources and sinks, packet forwarders, userspace firewalls, @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ second (Mpps) per core with small frames with 1500 byte frames. .Sh OPERATION .Nm -dynamically creates switches and ports as client connect +dynamically creates switches and ports as clients connect to it using the .Xr netmap 4 API. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ indicates a specific switch (the colon i and .Pa port indicates a port within the switch. -Bridge and ports names are arbitrary strings, the only +Bridge and port names are arbitrary strings, the only constraint being that the full name must fit within 16 characters. .Pp @@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ See for details on the API. .Ss LIMITS .Nm -currently supports up to 4 switches, 16 ports per switch, -1024 buffers per port. These hard limits will be +currently supports up to 4 switches, 16 ports per switch, with +1024 buffers per port. +These hard limits will be changed to sysctl variables in future releases. .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES .Nm uses the following sysctl variables to control operation: -.Bl -tag -width 12 +.Bl -tag -width dev.netmap.verbose .It dev.netmap.bridge The maximum number of packets processed internally in each iteration. @@ -120,12 +121,12 @@ June 2012, http://info.iet.unipi.it/~lui .An -nosplit The .Nm -switch has been designed and implemented in 2012 by +switch was designed and implemented in 2012 by .An Luigi Rizzo and .An Giuseppe Lettieri at the Universita` di Pisa. .Pp .Nm -has been funded by the European Commission within FP7 Projects +was funded by the European Commission within FP7 Projects CHANGE (257422) and OPENLAB (287581).