Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 17:26:09 GMT From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 89c762c815da - main - inet.3: remove mention of VAX endianness Message-ID: <202308011726.371HQ9m6046386@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=89c762c815dae64a39221956070af549b11ceb80 commit 89c762c815dae64a39221956070af549b11ceb80 Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-08-01 17:20:12 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-08-01 17:23:42 +0000 inet.3: remove mention of VAX endianness Machine endianness is not very important in understanding the inet* functions; the endianness of the VAX is especially so. PR: 272728 Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- lib/libc/net/inet.3 | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 index cb44394d0a0c..7a5d888a4951 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 @@ -191,17 +191,6 @@ a When four parts are specified, each is interpreted as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right, to the four bytes of an Internet address. -Note -that when an Internet address is viewed as a 32-bit -integer quantity on the -.Tn VAX -the bytes referred to -above appear as -.Dq Li d.c.b.a . -That is, -.Tn VAX -bytes are -ordered from right to left. .Pp When a three part address is specified, the last part is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity and placed
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