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authorkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2006-03-06 17:37:42 +0000
committerkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2006-03-06 17:37:42 +0000
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Revert parts of 1.51 and add a missing \& after "i.e." that is not the
end of a sentence. Ruslan notes that: * The part about hexadecimal representation was intentional -- node ID is parsed as the ng_parse_hint32_type, and is represented (input/output) as a hexadecimal number * "This value" was more correct, as the alternative name is "[<value>]:" where <value> is hexadecimal value of the node ID. * "ID based name" (which is "[<hexid>]:") was correct, and what's now is incorrect -- node ID (number) cannot be equivalent to a name.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/netgraph.413
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/netgraph.4 b/share/man/man4/netgraph.4
index 1f54d24..9f457d9 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/netgraph.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/netgraph.4
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ characters (including the terminating
.Dv NUL
character).
.Pp
-Each node instance has a unique 32-bit
-.Em ID number .
-This number may be used to refer to a node when there is no
+Each node instance has a unique
+.Em ID number
+which is expressed as a 32-bit hexadecimal value.
+This value may be used to refer to a node when there is no
.Tn ASCII
name assigned to it.
.Ss Hooks
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ message should be sent.
Otherwise, the recipient node's global
.Tn ASCII
name
-(or equivalent node ID) is used as the destination address
+(or equivalent ID-based name) is used as the destination address
for the message (absolute addressing).
The two types of
.Tn ASCII
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ Only the
addressing modes are available to control programs outside the kernel;
use of direct pointers is limited to kernel modules.
.Pp
-Messages often represent commands which are followed by a reply message
+Messages often represent commands that are followed by a reply message
in the reverse direction.
To facilitate this, the recipient of a
control message is supplied with a
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ that is suitable for addressing a reply.
.Pp
Each control message contains a 32-bit value, called a
.Dq typecookie ,
-indicating the type of the message, i.e. how to interpret it.
+indicating the type of the message, i.e.\& how to interpret it.
Typically each type defines a unique typecookie for the messages
that it understands.
However, a node may choose to recognize and
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