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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:20:57 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r40833 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook: advanced-networking config kernelconfig
Message-ID:  <201301301920.r0UJKv7j057852@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: wblock
Date: Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013
New Revision: 40833
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40833

Log:
  Remove mention of plip0, the parallel-port network device.  As Diane
  Bruce succintly explains it: "PLIP is obsolescent, blah blah blah."

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013	(r40832)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013	(r40833)
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
-	<para>How to connect two computers via PLIP.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
 	<para>How to set up IPv6 on a FreeBSD machine.</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -5420,231 +5416,6 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80</pro
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
-  <sect1 id="network-plip">
-    <title>Parallel Line IP (PLIP)</title>
-
-    <indexterm><primary>PLIP</primary></indexterm>
-    <indexterm>
-      <primary>Parallel Line IP</primary>
-      <see>PLIP</see>
-    </indexterm>
-
-    <para>PLIP lets us run TCP/IP between parallel ports.  It is
-      useful on machines without network cards, or to install on
-      laptops.  In this section, we will discuss:</para>
-
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-	<para>Creating a parallel (laplink) cable.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-	<para>Connecting two computers with PLIP.</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
-    <sect2 id="network-create-parallel-cable">
-      <title>Creating a Parallel Cable</title>
-
-      <para>You can purchase a parallel cable at most computer supply
-	stores.  If you cannot do that, or you just want to know how
-	it is done, the following table shows how to make one out of a
-	normal parallel printer cable.</para>
-
-      <table frame="none">
-	<title>Wiring a Parallel Cable for Networking</title>
-
-	<tgroup cols="5">
-	  <thead>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>A-name</entry>
-	      <entry>A-End</entry>
-	      <entry>B-End</entry>
-	      <entry>Descr.</entry>
-	      <entry>Post/Bit</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </thead>
-
-	  <tbody>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><literallayout>DATA0
--ERROR</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>2
-
-15</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>15
-
-2</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry>Data</entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>0/0x01
-1/0x08</literallayout></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><literallayout>DATA1
-+SLCT</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>3
-13</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>13
-3</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry>Data</entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>0/0x02
-1/0x10</literallayout></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><literallayout>DATA2
-+PE</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>4
-12</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>12
-4</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry>Data</entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>0/0x04
-1/0x20</literallayout></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><literallayout>DATA3
--ACK</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>5
-10</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>10
-5</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry>Strobe</entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>0/0x08
-1/0x40</literallayout></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><literallayout>DATA4
-BUSY</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>6
-11</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>11
-6</literallayout></entry>
-
-	      <entry>Data</entry>
-
-	      <entry><literallayout>0/0x10
-1/0x80</literallayout></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>GND</entry>
-	      <entry>18-25</entry>
-	      <entry>18-25</entry>
-	      <entry>GND</entry>
-	      <entry>-</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </tbody>
-	</tgroup>
-      </table>
-    </sect2>
-
-    <sect2 id="network-plip-setup">
-      <title>Setting Up PLIP</title>
-
-      <para>First, you have to get a laplink cable.  Then, confirm
-	that both computers have a kernel with &man.lpt.4; driver
-	support:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep lp /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput>
-lpt0: &lt;Printer&gt; on ppbus0
-lpt0: Interrupt-driven port</screen>
-
-      <para>The parallel port must be an interrupt driven port, you
-	should have lines similar to the following in your in the
-	<filename>/boot/device.hints</filename> file:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>hint.ppc.0.at="isa"
-hint.ppc.0.irq="7"</programlisting>
-
-      <para>Then check if the kernel configuration file has a
-	<literal>device plip</literal> line or if the
-	<filename>plip.ko</filename> kernel module is loaded.  In both
-	cases the parallel networking interface should appear when you
-	use the &man.ifconfig.8; command to display it:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0</userinput>
-plip0: flags=8810&lt;POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500</screen>
-
-      <para>Plug the laplink cable into the parallel interface on
-	both computers.</para>
-
-      <para>Configure the network interface parameters on both sites
-	as <username>root</username>.  For example, if you want to
-	connect the host <hostid>host1</hostid> with another machine
-	<hostid>host2</hostid>:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>                 host1 &lt;-----&gt; host2
-IP Address    10.0.0.1      10.0.0.2</programlisting>
-
-      <para>Configure the interface on <hostid>host1</hostid> by
-	doing:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>Configure the interface on <hostid>host2</hostid> by
-	doing:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>You now should have a working connection.  Please read the
-	manual pages &man.lp.4; and &man.lpt.4; for more
-	details.</para>
-
-      <para>You should also add both hosts to
-	<filename>/etc/hosts</filename>:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>127.0.0.1               localhost.my.domain localhost
-10.0.0.1                host1.my.domain host1
-10.0.0.2                host2.my.domain host2</programlisting>
-
-      <para>To confirm the connection works, go to each host and ping
-	the other.  For example, on <hostid>host1</hostid>:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0</userinput>
-plip0: flags=8851&lt;UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
-        inet 10.0.0.1 --&gt; 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000
-&prompt.root; <userinput>netstat -r</userinput>
-Routing tables
-
-Internet:
-Destination        Gateway          Flags     Refs     Use      Netif Expire
-host2              host1            UH          0       0       plip0
-&prompt.root; <userinput>ping -c 4 host2</userinput>
-PING host2 (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
-64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.774 ms
-64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.530 ms
-64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.556 ms
-64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.714 ms
-
---- host2 ping statistics ---
-4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
-round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms</screen>
-
-    </sect2>
-  </sect1>
-
   <sect1 id="network-ipv6">
     <sect1info>
       <authorgroup>

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013	(r40832)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013	(r40833)
@@ -1060,7 +1060,6 @@ dc1: flags=8802&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,
         inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
         media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP
         status: no carrier
-plip0: flags=8810&lt;POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1500
 lo0: flags=8049&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 16384
         options=3&lt;RXCSUM,TXCSUM&gt;
         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
@@ -1083,12 +1082,6 @@ lo0: flags=8049&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,M
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
-	  <para><devicename>plip0</devicename>: The parallel port
-	    interface (if a parallel port is present on the
-	    machine)</para>
-	</listitem>
-
-	<listitem>
 	  <para><devicename>lo0</devicename>: The loopback
 	    device</para>
 	</listitem>

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013	(r40832)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013	(r40833)
@@ -1164,11 +1164,6 @@ device          ppc</programlisting>
 	printer support.</para>
     </note>
 
-    <programlisting>device          plip       # TCP/IP over parallel</programlisting>
-
-    <para>This is the driver for the parallel network
-      interface.</para>
-
     <programlisting>device          ppi        # Parallel port interface device</programlisting>
 
     <para>The general-purpose I/O (<quote>geek port</quote>) +



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