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authorimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-14 02:59:13 +0000
committerimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-14 02:59:13 +0000
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Use more modern architectures than VAX for little endian machines
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@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ interface provides access to the
protocol.
.Sh ADDRESSING
Internet addresses are four byte quantities, stored in
-network standard format (on the
-.Tn VAX
-these are word and byte
-reversed).
+network standard format (on little endian machines, such as the
+.Tn alpha ,
+.Tn amd64 ,
+.Tn i386
+and
+.Tn ia64
+these are word and byte reversed).
The include file
.In netinet/in.h
defines this address
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