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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-27 14:26:05 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-27 14:26:05 +0000
commitc81f62abfe74e4732326d12dc4f2bf67fcac53d5 (patch)
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parent27048fe6d8348ca7eff4d88793ab0ce192a5c5b9 (diff)
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Language style and grammar fixes.
tx(4) has gained native support for vlan(4). MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/vlan.440
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vlan.4 b/share/man/man4/vlan.4
index b1fa622..cbd7074 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vlan.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vlan.4
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ interface
.Pq Em not on its parent
using
.Xr ifconfig 8
-in that case to indicate that the hardware support for
+in that case to indicate that hardware support for
the 802.1Q VLANs is present in its parent.
.\"
.Ss "Selecting the Right Network Interface Card to Run VLANs Through"
@@ -99,13 +99,12 @@ and
The rest of the ethernet NICs supported by
.Fx
can run
-VLANs using the software emulation in the
+VLANs using software emulation in the
.Nm
driver.
However, most of them lack the capability
of transmitting and/or receiving oversized frames.
-Using such a NIC as a parent interface for a
-.Nm
+Using such a NIC as a parent interface
implies a reduced MTU on the corresponding
.Nm
interfaces.
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ filtering that breaks the Path MTU Discovery mechanism.
The NICs that support oversized frames are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width ".Xr fxp 4 " -offset indent
.It Xr dc 4
-supports long frames for the
+supports long frames for
.Nm
natively.
.It Xr de 4
@@ -130,43 +129,38 @@ source file and rebuilding the kernel
or module.
The hack works only for the 21041, 21140, and 21140A chips.
.It Xr fxp 4
-supports long frames for the
+supports long frames for
.Nm
natively.
.It Xr sis 4
-supports long frames for the
+supports long frames for
.Nm
natively.
.It Xr ste 4
-supports long frames for the
+supports long frames for
.Nm
natively.
.It Xr tl 4
-does support long frames.
+has support for long frames.
.It Xr tx 4
-does support long frames.
+supports long frames for
+.Nm
+natively.
.It Xr xl 4
supports long frames only if the card is built on a newer chip
(Cyclone and above).
.El
.Pp
Note:
-Except for
-.Xr dc 4 ,
-.Xr fxp 4 ,
-.Xr sis 4 ,
-.Xr ste 4 ,
-and
-.Xr tx 4 ,
-none of the above drivers inform the
+Unless marked as having native support for
+.Nm ,
+the above drivers don't inform the
.Nm
-driver about their support for long frames.
-Just fix the MTU of a
+driver about their long frame handling capability.
+Just increase the MTU of a
.Nm
interface if it appears to be lower than 1500 bytes after
-attaching the
-.Nm
-to a parent interface that is known to support long frames.
+attaching to a parent known to support long frames.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh BUGS
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