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author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-01-04 21:04:57 +0000 |
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committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-01-04 21:04:57 +0000 |
commit | 8cd50c7c15fde8bb3b09b1063309a1a0119d2a81 (patch) | |
tree | 15aed869979f93a28eb288a3af039aae479423a1 /sbin/ifconfig | |
parent | be6a6abcb10865521d78405cdea4775a61d42522 (diff) | |
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Adjust the VLAN section of the ifconfig(8) man page to better reflect
reality:
1. Only 12-bit VLAN Identifiers, not full 16-bit VLAN tags can be set using
ifconfig vlan.
2. When we mean VLAN Identifiers, spell it that way, rather than as VLAN tag.
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: Adara Networks, Inc.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 3c86c04..e9c6995 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 17, 2011 +.Dd January 4, 2012 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ interfaces: .It Cm vlan Ar vlan_tag Set the VLAN tag value to .Ar vlan_tag . -This value is a 16-bit number which is used to create an 802.1Q +This value is a 12-bit VLAN Identifier (VID) which is used to create an 802.1Q VLAN header for packets sent from the .Xr vlan 4 interface. @@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ diverted to the specified physical interface .Ar iface with 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation. Packets with 802.1Q encapsulation received -by the parent interface with the correct VLAN tag will be diverted to +by the parent interface with the correct VLAN Identifier will be diverted to the associated .Xr vlan 4 pseudo-interface. @@ -2439,7 +2439,8 @@ pseudo device, disassociate the parent interface from it. This breaks the link between the .Xr vlan 4 interface and its parent, -clears its VLAN tag, flags and its link address and shuts the interface down. +clears its VLAN Identifier, flags and its link address and shuts the interface +down. The .Ar iface argument is useless and hence deprecated. |