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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/netintro.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/netintro.4 b/share/man/man4/netintro.4 index 9b9f2b0..f7715be 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/netintro.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/netintro.4 @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ All network protocols are associated with a specific .Em protocol family . A protocol family provides basic services to the protocol implementation to allow it to function within a specific -network environment. These services may include -packet fragmentation and reassembly, routing, addressing, and +network environment. These services may include +packet fragmentation and reassembly, routing, addressing, and basic transport. A protocol family may support multiple methods of addressing, though the current protocol implementations do not. A protocol family is normally comprised of a number @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ of protocols, one per .Xr socket 2 type. It is not required that a protocol family support all socket types. A protocol family may contain multiple -protocols supporting the same socket abstraction. +protocols supporting the same socket abstraction. .Pp A protocol supports one of the socket abstractions detailed in .Xr socket 2 . @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ certain interfaces such as the loopback interface, .Xr lo 4 , do not. .Pp -The following +The following .Xr ioctl 2 calls may be used to manipulate network interfaces. The @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ The is made on a socket (typically of type .Dv SOCK_DGRAM ) in the desired domain. -Most of the requests supported in earlier releases +Most of the requests supported in earlier releases take an .Vt ifreq structure as its parameter. This structure has the form @@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ the address family in which the original socket was opened. .It Dv SIOCGIFCONF Get interface configuration list. This request takes an .Vt ifconf -structure (see below) as a value-result parameter. The +structure (see below) as a value-result parameter. The .Va ifc_len field should be initially set to the size of the buffer -pointed to by +pointed to by .Va ifc_buf . On return it will contain the length, in bytes, of the configuration list. |
