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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 b/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 index fe5bdbf..f4a106c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 @@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ to client applications such as .Xr slstat 8 , and .Tn SNMP -management agents. This information is structured as a table, where +management agents. +This information is structured as a table, where each row in the table represents a logical network interface (either a hardware device or a software pseudo-device like .Xr lo 4 ) . There are two columns in the table, each containing a single structure: one column contains generic information relevant to all interfaces, and the other contains information specific to the -particular class of interface. (Generally the latter will implement +particular class of interface. +(Generally the latter will implement the .Tn SNMP .Tn MIB @@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ facility is accessed via the .Dq Li net.link.generic branch of the .Xr sysctl 3 -MIB. The manifest constants for each level in the +MIB. +The manifest constants for each level in the .Xr sysctl 3 .Ar name are defined in @@ -147,8 +150,10 @@ more information from a structure defined in .Pp Class-specific information can be retrieved by examining the .Dv IFDATA_LINKSPECIFIC -column instead. Note that the form and length of the structure will -depend on the class of interface. For +column instead. +Note that the form and length of the structure will +depend on the class of interface. +For .Dv IFT_ETHER , .Dv IFT_ISO88023 , and |
