Date: 07 Mar 2002 11:48:25 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35642: lo(4) page maybe should document optional "count". Message-ID: <7csn7ccg6u.n7c@localhost.localdomain>
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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
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>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".)
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>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
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>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:
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