Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 09:00:55 GMT From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 2567cc419e70 - main - ifconfig.8: Polish Message-ID: <202207010900.26190toX078277@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2567cc419e70e2952be3423836b93de0a88c9b52 commit 2567cc419e70e2952be3423836b93de0a88c9b52 Author: Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.comi> AuthorDate: 2022-07-01 08:59:11 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-07-01 09:00:26 +0000 ifconfig.8: Polish MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35686 --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index cedbf6f059bc..e059c172dd5c 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ of the supported media for the specified interface. .It Fl n Disable automatic loading of network interface drivers. .Pp -If the network interface driver is not present in the kernel then +By default if the network interface driver is not present in the kernel +then .Nm will attempt to load it. -This flag disables this behavior. .It Fl u Display only the interfaces that are up. .It Fl v @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ For the inet family, the address is either a host name present in the host name data base, .Xr hosts 5 , -or a IPv4 address expressed in the Internet standard +or an IPv4 address expressed in the Internet standard .Dq dot notation . .Pp It is also possible to use the CIDR notation (also known as the @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ If the Address Resolution Protocol is enabled, the host will perform normally, sending out requests and listening for replies. .It Cm stickyarp -Enable so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface. +Enable the so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface. If this option is enabled on the given interface, any resolved address is marked as a static one and never expires. This may be used to increase security of the network by preventing ARP spoofing or to reduce latency for @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ option may impact techniques which rely on ARP expiration/overwriting feature such as load-balancers or high-availabity solutions such as .Xr carp 4 . .It Fl stickyarp -Disable so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface (default). +Disable the so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface (default). Resolved addresses will expire normally respecting the kernel ARP configuration. .It Cm broadcasthelp
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