docs/119595: mbuf_tags(9) wrongly says that tags are used in vlan(4)

Alexander Chernikov admin at su29.net
Sat Jan 12 13:40:02 UTC 2008


>Number:         119595
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       mbuf_tags(9) wrongly says that tags are used in vlan(4)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 12 13:40:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Chernikov
>Release:        8.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD ws.su29.net 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #: Wed Dec 12 18:40:32 MSK 2007     melifaro at ws.su29.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CURR  i386
>Description:
mbuf_tags(9) are not used in 
-CURRENT since Sip 17 2006 (See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/net/if_vlan.c rev.1.115)
so man in 7.x and 8.x branches should be updated
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- mbuf_tags.9.old	2008-01-12 16:19:09.000000000 +0300
+++ mbuf_tags.9	2008-01-12 16:19:50.000000000 +0300
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@
 Tags are identified using an ID and cookie that uniquely identify a class
 of data tagged onto the packet, and may contain an arbitrary amount of
 additional storage.
-Typical uses of mbuf tags include the storage of VLAN tags as described in
-.Xr vlan 4 ,
-Mandatory Access Control (MAC) labels as described in
+Typical uses of mbuf tags include Mandatory Access Control (MAC) labels as described in
 .Xr mac 9 ,
 IPsec policy information as described in
 .Xr ipsec 4 ,


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