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Date:      Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:03:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/22064: ifconfig.8 claims ARP only on 10Mb/s Ethernet
Message-ID:  <200010172203.e9HM3bO98577@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>

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>Number:         22064
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ifconfig.8 claims ARP only on 10Mb/s Ethernet
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 17 15:40:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christian Weisgerber
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT alpha
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:

The ifconfig(8) man page erroneously claims that ARP is used only
over 10Mb/s Ethernet.

From OpenBSD.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Index: ifconfig.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /freebsd/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 ifconfig.8
--- ifconfig.8	2000/07/19 17:24:53	1.31
+++ ifconfig.8	2000/10/17 22:06:57
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 .\" through
 .\" .Ar f ,
 .\" are specified in hexadecimal.
-.\" The host number may be omitted on 10Mb/s Ethernet interfaces,
+.\" The host number may be omitted on Ethernet interfaces,
 .\" which use the hardware physical address,
 .\" and on interfaces other than the first.
 .\" For the
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 This is currently implemented for mapping between
 .Tn DARPA
 Internet
-addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
+addresses and Ethernet addresses.
 .It Fl arp
 Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol.
 .It Cm broadcast

>Release-Note:
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