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authorschweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-01 09:15:30 +0000
committerschweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-01 09:15:30 +0000
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pseudo-device -> device in kernel config lines. Removed whitespace at EOL.
Reviewed by: joerg, dd
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
.Nm tap
.Nd Ethernet tunnel software network interface
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd pseudo-device tap
+.Cd device tap
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and
and thus can be used with
.Xr ifconfig 8
like any other Ethernet interface. When the system chooses to transmit
-an Ethernet frame on the network interface, the frame can be read from
+an Ethernet frame on the network interface, the frame can be read from
the control device
(it appears as
.Dq input
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if the interface is not
.Dq ready .
Once the interface is ready,
.Fn read
-will return an Ethernet frame if one is available; if not, it will
+will return an Ethernet frame if one is available; if not, it will
either block until one is or return
.Er EWOULDBLOCK ,
depending on whether non-blocking I/O has been enabled. If the frame
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ signals into the argument
value.
.It Dv SIOCGIFADDR
Retrieve the Media Access Control
-.Pq Dv MAC
+.Pq Dv MAC
address of the
.Dq remote
side. This command is used by the VMware port and expected to be executed on
descriptor, associated with control device
(usually
-.Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N
+.Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N
or
.Pa /dev/tap Ns Sy N ) .
The
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ writes are always non-blocking.
.Pp
On the last close of the data device, the interface is
brought down
-(as if with
+(as if with
.Dq ifconfig tap Ns Sy N No down )
unless the devices is a VMnet device.
-All queued frames are thrown away. If the interface is up when the data
-device is not open, output frames are thrown away rather than
+All queued frames are thrown away. If the interface is up when the data
+device is not open, output frames are thrown away rather than
letting them pile up.
.Pp
-The
+The
.Nm
device is also can be used with the VMware port as a replacement
for the old VMnet device driver. The driver uses the minor number
@@ -197,24 +197,24 @@ to select between
and
.Nm vmnet
devices. VMnet minor numbers begin at
-.Va 0x10000
+.Va 0x10000
+
-.Va N .
+.Va N .
Where
-.Va N
-is a VMnet unit number. In this case control device is expected to be
+.Va N
+is a VMnet unit number. In this case control device is expected to be
.Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N ,
and network interface will be
.Sy vmnet Ns Ar N .
Additionally, VMnet devices do not ifconfig themselves down when the
-control device is closed. Everything else is the same.
+control device is closed. Everything else is the same.
.Pp
In addition to mentioned above
.Xr ioctl 2
there is one additional one for the VMware port.
.Bl -tag -width VMIO_SIOCSETMACADDR
.It Dv VMIO_SIOCSIFFLAGS
-VMware
+VMware
.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
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