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authorasmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-22 15:59:09 +0000
committerasmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-22 15:59:09 +0000
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Remove IFCAP_HWCSUM, it is merely a luxury #define, not a real flag.
Remove explicit mention of IP stack, since it might not be accurate for all interfaces. Change if_enable to if_capenable, as it is spelled. Submitted by: jlemon
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
index c8b89ff..dd3c644 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Flags describing operational parameters of this interface (see below).
.It Li "if_capabilities"
.Pq Li "int"
Flags describing the capabilities the interface supports (see below).
-.It Li "if_enable"
+.It Li "if_capenable"
.Pq Li "int"
Flags describing the enabled capabilties of the interface (see below).
.\" .It Li "if_ipending"
@@ -455,24 +455,16 @@ and allow, when enabled,
to offload specific network processing to the interface.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "IFCAP_NETCONS" -offset indent
-.It Dv IFCAP_HWCSUM
-This interface can do checksum validation for the IP stack on both
-receiving and transmitting data.
-Some interfaces do not have sufficient buffer storage to store frames
-above a certain MTU-size completely.
-The driver for the interface might disable hardware checksum validation
-if the MTU is set above the hardcoded limit.
.It Dv IFCAP_NETCONS
This interface can be a network console.
.It Dv IFCAP_RXCSUM
-This interface can do checksum validation for the IP stack on receiving data.
+This interface can do checksum validation on receiving data.
Some interfaces do not have sufficient buffer storage to store frames
above a certain MTU-size completely.
The driver for the interface might disable hardware checksum validation
if the MTU is set above the hardcoded limit.
.It Dv IFCAP_TXCSUM
-This interface can do checksum calculation for the IP stack on transmitting
-data.
+This interface can do checksum calculation on transmitting data.
.El
.Ss The if_data structure
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