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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/carp.4')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/carp.4 b/share/man/man4/carp.4 index c1dfa57..d051377 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/carp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/carp.4 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 29, 2012 +.Dd December 25, 2012 .Dt CARP 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -125,15 +125,14 @@ experiences problem with sending announcements, when an interface running a vhid goes down, or while the .Xr pfsync 4 interface is not synchronized. -The demotion value is writable, so that user may alter it -depending on some external conditions, for example on the status of some -daemon utility. -However, altering the value should be performed with care, so as to -not conflict with subsystems that adjust demotion factor -automatically: +The demotion factor can be adjusted writing to the sysctl oid. +The signed value supplied to the +.Xr sysctl 8 +command is added to current demotion factor. +This allows to control .Nm -and -.Xr pfsync 4 . +behaviour depending on some external conditions, for example on the status +of some daemon utility. .It Va net.inet.carp.ifdown_demotion_factor This value is added to .Va net.inet.carp.demotion |
