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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-29 11:39:20 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-29 11:39:20 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: scheduled sweep.
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index 7b8b415..ceca5bc 100644
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+++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ On the last close of the data device, the interface is
brought down
(as if with
.Dq ifconfig tap Ns Sy N No down )
-unless the device is a
-.Em VMnet
+unless the device is a
+.Em VMnet
device.
All queued frames are thrown away.
If the interface is up when the data
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ letting them pile up.
The
.Nm
device can also be used with the VMware port as a replacement
-for the old
-.Em VMnet
+for the old
+.Em VMnet
device driver.
The driver uses the minor number
to select between
@@ -251,29 +251,29 @@ to select between
and
.Nm vmnet
devices.
-.Em VMnet
+.Em VMnet
minor numbers begin at
.Va 0x800000
+
.Va N ;
where
.Va N
-is a
-.Em VMnet
+is a
+.Em VMnet
unit number.
In this case the control device is expected to be
.Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N ,
and the network interface will be
.Sy vmnet Ns Ar N .
-Additionally,
-.Em VMnet
-devices do not
-.Xr ifconfig 8
+Additionally,
+.Em VMnet
+devices do not
+.Xr ifconfig 8
themselves down when the
control device is closed.
Everything else is the same.
.Pp
-In addition to the above mentioned
+In addition to the above mentioned
.Xr ioctl 2
calls, there is an additional one for the VMware port.
.Bl -tag -width VMIO_SIOCSETMACADDR
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