From 51b62b5a6f10fac44cb389704f414b3011ba48fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yoshinobu Inoue Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 03:38:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Wording fixes and mdoc fixes. Submitted by: sheldonh Reviewed by: sheldonh --- share/man/man4/inet.4 | 9 +++++---- share/man/man4/inet6.4 | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4 index b3b0ff23c521..ab3840db6f6f 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4 @@ -203,12 +203,13 @@ which themselves cache a long-lasting reference to route for a destination will trigger the mechanism; whereas raw .Tn IP packets, whether locally-generated or forwarded, will not. -.Sh MIB VARIABLES +.Ss MIB Variables A number of variables are implemented in the net.inet branch of the .Xr sysctl 3 -MIB. In addition to the variables supported by the transport -protocols (for which see the respective manual pages), the following -general variables are defined: +MIB. +In addition to the variables supported by the transport protocols +(for which the respective manual pages may be consulted), +the following general variables are defined: .Bl -tag -width IPCTL_FASTFORWARDING .It Dv IPCTL_FORWARDING .Pq ip.forwarding diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 b/share/man/man4/inet6.4 index c737c7191ee5..785678c33110 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet6.4 @@ -111,15 +111,18 @@ field to 0, or by using the address contained in the variable .Dv in6addr_any . .Pp IPv6 defines scoped addresses such as link-local or site-local addresses. -A scoped address is ambiguous to the kernel, -if it is specified without scope identifier. +A scoped address is ambiguous to the kernel, +if it is specified without a scope identifier. To manipulate scoped addresses properly from the userland, programs must use the advanced API defined in RFC2292. -Compact description on the advanced API is available in +A compact description on the advanced API is available in .Xr ip6 4 . If scoped addresses are specified without explicit scope, -the kernel may raise error. -Note that scoped addresses are not for daily use at this moment, +and the IPv6 default interface for scoped addresses is not specified, +an error, +.Er EHOSTUNREACH , +will be returned from the kernel. +Note that scoped addresses are not for common use at this moment, both from specification and implementation point of view. .Pp FreeBSD's IPv6 implementation supports extended numeric IPv6 address @@ -278,12 +281,13 @@ message protocol is accessible from a raw socket. .\" will trigger the mechanism; whereas raw .\" .Tn IP .\" packets, whether locally-generated or forwarded, will not. -.Sh MIB VARIABLES +.Ss MIB Variables A number of variables are implemented in the net.inet6 branch of the .Xr sysctl 3 -MIB. In addition to the variables supported by the transport -protocols (for which see the respective manual pages), the following -general variables are defined: +MIB. +In addition to the variables supported by the transport protocols +(for which the respective manual pages may be consulted), +the following general variables are defined: .Bl -tag -width IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGPACKETS .It Dv IPV6CTL_FORWARDING .Pq ip6.forwarding