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author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-13 00:04:53 +0000 |
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committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-13 00:04:53 +0000 |
commit | 7888fb830149b836a2f4563f392442e88ef59376 (patch) | |
tree | f0f4cb20739ff9601f12a09d5865b2af423aada3 /share/man/man4/bpf.4 | |
parent | 02ff3db358eed2ddd388c7b961090ffe71ee8a5d (diff) | |
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Add a bugs notice indicating that the SEESENT flag may behave incorrectly
on interfaces with hardware loopback, and point-to-point interfaces
(unclear why that is, may need to be tracked down).
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/bpf.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bpf.4 b/share/man/man4/bpf.4 index 0912de3..fdc6f3d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/bpf.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/bpf.4 @@ -718,6 +718,11 @@ all files must assume that the interface is promiscuous, and if so desired, must utilize a filter to reject foreign packets. .Pp Data link protocols with variable length headers are not currently supported. +.Pp +The SEESENT flag has been observed to work incorrectly on some interface +types, including those with hardware loopback rather than software loopback, +and point-to-point interfaces. It appears to function correctly on a +broad range of ethernet-style interfaces. .Sh HISTORY The Enet packet filter was created in 1980 by Mike Accetta and Rick Rashid at Carnegie-Mellon University. Jeffrey Mogul, at |