diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 8009e1fe5207..485bd7f88c40 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ dc.4 \ ddb.4 \ de.4 \ + disc.4 \ divert.4 \ dpt.4 \ dummynet.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/disc.4 b/share/man/man4/disc.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ab043d346749 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/disc.4 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" From: @(#)lo.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 25, 2002 +.Dt DISC 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm disc +.Nd software discard network interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device disc" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +interface is a software discard mechanism which may be +used for performance analysis and/or software testing. +As with other network interfaces, the discard interface must have +network addresses assigned for each address family with which it is to be used. +These addresses +may be set or changed with the +.Dv SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 . +.Pp +Each +.Nm +interface is created at runtime using interface cloning. +This is +most easily done with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Cm create +command or using the +.Va cloned_interfaces +variable in +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr intro 4 +.\" .Xr ns 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device appears to have been derived from the +.Xr lo 4 +device around the time of +.Bx 4.4 . +This manpage was adapted from +.Xr lo 4 +and first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 .