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Date: 07 Mar 2002 11:48:25 -0800
From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
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Subject: docs/35642: lo(4) page maybe should document optional "count".
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>Number:         35642
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       lo(4) page maybe should document optional "count".
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 07 11:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
================
>Description:

I'm not sure if this is an enhancement request or a bug, but the
/sys/net/if_loop.c's "loopattach" function gives a strong hint that the
synopsis of the lo(4) man page could (or should?) be changed from
     pseudo-device loop
to
     pseudo-device loop [ count ]
like the ppp pseudo-device has.

The hint is confirmed by the page's "Description" section which mentions
"lo%d" in an error message.  (I guess FreeBSD users are presumed to know
"printf".)

================
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
================
>Fix:

Determine whether the optional count is really supported and if it is,
then change the synopsis line as above and probably change the comment
about 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.<interface#+1> (?).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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