Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s. Message-ID: <200204042010.g34KA2a37380@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 15:05:11 -0500
Thanks for the clarification. I've revised my patch to accurately
reflect both what the ARP protocol does, and what the FreeBSD
implementation does. Let me know how it looks.
-Mike
--- arp.4.old Thu Apr 4 11:09:54 2002
+++ arp.4 Thu Apr 4 15:01:34 2002
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pseudo-device ether"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically
-map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
-It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers.
-It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet,
-but this implementation currently supports only that combination.
+The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to dynamically
+map between Protocol Addresses (such as IP addresses) and Local Network
+Addresses (such as Ethernet addresses).
+This implementation maps IP addresses to Ethernet, ARCnet, or Token Ring
+addresses.
+It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers.
.Pp
-ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings.
+ARP caches address mappings.
When an interface requests a mapping for an address not in the cache,
ARP queues the message which requires the mapping and broadcasts
a message on the associated network requesting the address mapping.
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