Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:22:54 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Simpson <bms@fastmail.net>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r306652 - head/usr.sbin/arp Message-ID: <b1698eea-0ef0-7cc0-6fa7-e9eaca8b8d8d@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <abe6604a-cc69-f104-1ce1-7aaa48f4f076@fastmail.net> References: <201610031902.u93J2MR8062236@repo.freebsd.org> <abe6604a-cc69-f104-1ce1-7aaa48f4f076@fastmail.net>
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On 10/03/2016 14:11, Bruce Simpson wrote: > On 03/10/16 20:02, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >> Author: vangyzen >> Date: Mon Oct 3 19:02:22 2016 >> New Revision: 306652 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/306652 >> >> Log: >> Update arp(4) to document the net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count >> sysctl. > > Meh, acronym collision. > > It's probably obvious in this context that GARP stands here for > Gratuitous ARP, but my mental autocomplete reads it as Generic Attribute > Registration Protocol (GARP). The collision is unfortunate, but I agree that the context should be enough. > However, that GARP -- 802.1ak -- is due to be replaced with MRP. The "Mental-map Rewriting Protocol"? ;-) Cheers, Eric
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