svn commit: r233339 - head/share/man/man9
Sergey Kandaurov
pluknet at FreeBSD.org
Fri Mar 23 06:01:17 UTC 2012
Author: pluknet
Date: Fri Mar 23 06:01:16 2012
New Revision: 233339
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/233339
Log:
Update IFF_* macro descriptions.
MFC after: 1 week
Modified:
head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
Modified: head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 Fri Mar 23 03:43:04 2012 (r233338)
+++ head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 Fri Mar 23 06:01:16 2012 (r233339)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 20, 2012
+.Dd March 23, 2012
.Dt IFNET 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -583,6 +583,14 @@ The interface is a loopback device.
The interface is point-to-point;
.Dq broadcast
address is actually the address of the other end.
+.It Dv IFF_SMART
+.Aq S*
+The interface manages its own routes, rather than using the generic
+code in
+.Fn if_up
+and
+.Fn if_down .
+This is probably useful for serial lines.
.It Dv IFF_DRV_RUNNING
.Aq D*
The interface has been configured and dynamic resources were
@@ -619,14 +627,31 @@ multiple physical layers on some devices
.It Dv IFF_MULTICAST
.Aq S*
This interface supports multicast.
-.It Dv IFF_POLLING
+.It Dv IFF_CANTCONFIG
+.Aq S*
+The interface isn't configurable in a meaningful way.
+Primarily useful for
+.Dv IFT_USB
+interfaces registered at the interface list.
+.It Dv IFF_MONITOR
+.Aq D
+This interface blocks transmission of packets and discards incoming
+packets after BPF processing.
+Used to monitor network trafic but not interact
+with the network in question.
+.It Dv IFF_STATICARP
+.Aq D
+Used to enable/disable ARP requests on this interface.
+.It Dv IFF_DYING
.Aq D*
-The interface is in
-.Xr polling 4
-mode.
-See
-.Sx Interface Capabilities Flags
-for details.
+Set when the
+.Vt ifnet
+structure of this interface is being released and still has
+.Va if_refcount
+references.
+.It Dv IFF_RENAMING
+.Aq D*
+Set when this interface is being renamed.
.El
.Ss "Interface Capabilities Flags"
Interface capabilities are specialized features an interface may
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