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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-28 23:53:39 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-28 23:53:39 +0000
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Hiten's patchset for section four manpages, slightly edited by me.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 b/share/man/man4/ifmib.4
index fe5bdbf..f4a106c 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ifmib.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ifmib.4
@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ to client applications such as
.Xr slstat 8 ,
and
.Tn SNMP
-management agents. This information is structured as a table, where
+management agents.
+This information is structured as a table, where
each row in the table represents a logical network interface (either a
hardware device or a software pseudo-device like
.Xr lo 4 ) .
There are two columns in the table, each containing a single
structure: one column contains generic information relevant to all
interfaces, and the other contains information specific to the
-particular class of interface. (Generally the latter will implement
+particular class of interface.
+(Generally the latter will implement
the
.Tn SNMP
.Tn MIB
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ facility is accessed via the
.Dq Li net.link.generic
branch of the
.Xr sysctl 3
-MIB. The manifest constants for each level in the
+MIB.
+The manifest constants for each level in the
.Xr sysctl 3
.Ar name
are defined in
@@ -147,8 +150,10 @@ more information from a structure defined in
.Pp
Class-specific information can be retrieved by examining the
.Dv IFDATA_LINKSPECIFIC
-column instead. Note that the form and length of the structure will
-depend on the class of interface. For
+column instead.
+Note that the form and length of the structure will
+depend on the class of interface.
+For
.Dv IFT_ETHER ,
.Dv IFT_ISO88023 ,
and
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