From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 20 20:47:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D1EB4C; Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F096267; Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4KKleUh043714; Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:40 GMT (envelope-from julian@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from julian@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.5/Submit) id r4KKledk043713; Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:40 GMT (envelope-from julian@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201305202047.r4KKledk043713@svn.freebsd.org> From: Julian Elischer Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:40 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r250831 - head/lib/libc/sys X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 20 May 2013 20:47:41 -0000 Author: julian Date: Mon May 20 20:47:40 2013 New Revision: 250831 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/250831 Log: Update the setfib man page to reflect recent changes. Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/setfib.2 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/setfib.2 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/sys/setfib.2 Mon May 20 20:32:58 2013 (r250830) +++ head/lib/libc/sys/setfib.2 Mon May 20 20:47:40 2013 (r250831) @@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ with where .Em N is an integer. -However, this maximum is capped at 16 due to the implementation storing -the fib number in a 4-bit field in +This maximum is capped at 65536 due to the implementation storing +the fib number in a 16-bit field in the .Xr mbuf 9 -flags. +packet header, however it is not suggested that one use such a large number +as memory is allocated for every FIB regardless of whether it is used, and +there are places where all FIBs are iterated over. +.Pp The default fib of the process will be applied to all protocol families that support multiple fibs, and ignored by those that do not. The default fib for a process may be overridden for a socket with the use