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Wording corrections and simplifications.

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Approved by:	gjb (mentor)
MFC after:	3 days
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wblock 2012-05-26 21:30:18 +00:00
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@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ to a properly configured switch port.
The VLAN tag should match one of those set up in the switched
network.
.Pp
Initially
.Nm
assumes the same minimum length for tagged and untagged frames.
This mode is selected by the
initially assumes the same minimum length for tagged and untagged frames.
This mode is selected by setting the
.Xr sysctl 8
variable
.Va net.link.vlan.soft_pad
set to 0 (default).
However, there are network devices that fail to adjust frame length,
should it fall below the allowed minimum due to untagging.
to 0
.Pq default .
However, there are network devices that fail to adjust frame length
when it falls below the allowed minimum due to untagging.
Such devices should be able to interoperate with
.Nm
after changing the value of
@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ to 1.
In the latter mode,
.Nm
will pad short frames before tagging them
so that their length stays not less than the minimum value
so that their length is not less than the minimum value
after untagging by the non-compliant devices.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ receive and transmit long frames (up to 1522 bytes including an Ethernet
header and FCS).
The capabilities may be user-controlled by the respective parameters to
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Cm vlanhwtag
.Cm vlanhwtag ,
and
.Cm vlanmtu .
However, a physical interface is not obliged to react to them:
@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ It may have either capability enabled permanently without
a way to turn it off.
The whole issue is very specific to a particular device and its driver.
.Pp
By now, the list of physical interfaces able of full VLAN processing
in the hardware is limited to the following devices:
At present, physical interfaces capable of full VLAN processing
in the hardware is limited to these devices:
.Xr ae 4 ,
.Xr age 4 ,
.Xr alc 4 ,
@ -146,11 +146,10 @@ in the hardware is limited to the following devices:
and
.Xr vge 4 .
.Pp
The rest of the Ethernet interfaces can run
VLANs using software emulation in the
Other Ethernet interfaces can run VLANs using software emulation in the
.Nm
driver.
However, some of them lack the capability
However, some lack the capability
of transmitting and receiving long frames.
Assigning such an interface as the parent to
.Nm
@ -163,9 +162,8 @@ connectivity problems due to massive, inadequate
.Xr icmp 4
filtering that breaks the Path MTU Discovery mechanism.
.Pp
The following interfaces support long frames for
.Nm
natively:
These interfaces natively support long frames for
.Nm :
.Xr axe 4 ,
.Xr bfe 4 ,
.Xr cas 4 ,