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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 b/usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 index 49aaebc..351b0c1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 @@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ .Aq Ar net_intf .Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Atmarpd -provides an interface between the ATMARP server in the +The +.Nm +utility provides an interface between the ATMARP server in the kernel and the SCSP daemon for the Host ATM Research Platform (HARP) networking software. -.Nm Atmarpd -reads the ATMARP cache from the kernel periodically +The +.Nm +utility reads the ATMARP cache from the kernel periodically and passes any updated entries to .Xr scspd 8 so they will be @@ -67,14 +69,14 @@ itself into the background. The command-line options are: .Bl -tag -width "-l <log_file>" .It Fl l Aq Ar log_file -Specifies that +Specify that .Nm is to write log messages to the file named .Aq Ar log_file rather than to the system log. .It Fl d -Specifies that +Specify that .Nm is to be run in debug mode. In debug mode, @@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ is not put into the background. Log messages are written to standard output instead of to the log file. .It Aq Ar net_intf -Specifies the network interface(s) for which the host is providing +Specify the network interface(s) for which the host is providing ATMARP service and whose caches are to be synchronized using SCSP. If multiple network interface names are specified, .Nm @@ -118,8 +120,9 @@ its control blocks to a text file (see .Sm on .Xc Debugging information dump file name. -.Nm Atmarpd -writes a summary of its control blocks to this file +The +.Nm +utility writes a summary of its control blocks to this file when it receives a .Dv SIGINT signal. |
