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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2012-01-04 21:04:57 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2012-01-04 21:04:57 +0000
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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')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.89
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.
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