svn commit: r229518 - head/sbin/ifconfig
Robert Watson
rwatson at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jan 4 21:04:57 UTC 2012
Author: rwatson
Date: Wed Jan 4 21:04:57 2012
New Revision: 229518
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229518
Log:
Adjust the VLAN section of the ifconfig(8) man page to better reflect
reality:
1. Only 12-bit VLAN Identifiers, not full 16-bit VLAN tags can be set using
ifconfig vlan.
2. When we mean VLAN Identifiers, spell it that way, rather than as VLAN tag.
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: Adara Networks, Inc.
Modified:
head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Wed Jan 4 20:14:07 2012 (r229517)
+++ head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Wed Jan 4 21:04:57 2012 (r229518)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 17, 2011
+.Dd January 4, 2012
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ interfaces:
.It Cm vlan Ar vlan_tag
Set the VLAN tag value to
.Ar vlan_tag .
-This value is a 16-bit number which is used to create an 802.1Q
+This value is a 12-bit VLAN Identifier (VID) which is used to create an 802.1Q
VLAN header for packets sent from the
.Xr vlan 4
interface.
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ diverted to the specified physical inter
.Ar iface
with 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation.
Packets with 802.1Q encapsulation received
-by the parent interface with the correct VLAN tag will be diverted to
+by the parent interface with the correct VLAN Identifier will be diverted to
the associated
.Xr vlan 4
pseudo-interface.
@@ -2439,7 +2439,8 @@ pseudo device, disassociate the parent i
This breaks the link between the
.Xr vlan 4
interface and its parent,
-clears its VLAN tag, flags and its link address and shuts the interface down.
+clears its VLAN Identifier, flags and its link address and shuts the interface
+down.
The
.Ar iface
argument is useless and hence deprecated.
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