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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-07 15:48:51 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-07 15:48:51 +0000
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mdoc(7) police:
Avoid using parenthesis enclosure macros (.Pq and .Po/.Pc) with plain text. Not only this slows down the mdoc(7) processing significantly, but it also has an undesired (in this case) effect of disabling hyphenation within the entire enclosed block.
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--- a/share/man/man4/tap.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the control device
there);
writing an Ethernet frame to the control device generates an input frame on
the network interface, as if the
-.Pq non-existent
+(non-existent)
hardware had just received it.
.Pp
The Ethernet tunnel device, normally
@@ -91,14 +91,15 @@ amount of data provided to
.Fn write .
Writes will not block; if the frame cannot be accepted
for a transient reason
-.Pq e.g., no buffer space available ,
+(e.g., no buffer space available),
it is silently dropped; if the reason is not transient
-.Pq e.g., frame too large ,
+(e.g., frame too large),
an error is returned.
The following
.Xr ioctl 2
calls are supported
-.Pq defined in Aq Pa net/if_tap.h Ns :
+(defined in
+.Aq Pa net/if_tap.h ) :
.Bl -tag -width VMIO_SIOCSETMACADDR
.It Dv TAPSDEBUG
The argument should be a pointer to an
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ this stores the internal debugging variable's value into it.
Turn non-blocking I/O for reads off or on, according as the argument
.Va int Ns 's
value is or isn't zero
-.Pq Writes are always nonblocking .
+(Writes are always nonblocking).
.It Dv FIOASYNC
Turn asynchronous I/O for reads
(i.e., generation of
@@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ address of the
.Dq remote
side. This command is used by VMware port and expected to be executed on
a descriptor, associated with control device
-.Pq usually Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N .
+(usually
+.Pa /dev/vmnet Ns Sy N ) .
.El
.Pp
The control device also supports
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