From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 9 09:30:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E44106566C; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brueffer@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301548FC08; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o099UAMe058860; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from brueffer@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o099UATp058858; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201001090930.o099UATp058858@svn.freebsd.org> From: Christian Brueffer Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 +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: r201888 - head/share/man/man4 X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:30:10 -0000 Author: brueffer Date: Sat Jan 9 09:30:09 2010 New Revision: 201888 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201888 Log: bridge(4) acts like a switch, not like a hub. PR: 141350 Submitted by: brucec Reviewed by: thompsa MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Sat Jan 9 06:30:40 2010 (r201887) +++ head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Sat Jan 9 09:30:09 2010 (r201888) @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 8, 2009 +.Dd January 9, 2010 .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ by-default. A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation. .Pp -A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface +A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface to another. Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all interfaces that are part of the bridge.