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authorMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000
committerMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000
commite7d0adf95322ccbac21d361be1700e9edb07eff2 (patch)
tree0a7ba8b2db2a1f697897ee36c97e0c9344da12c9 /share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4
parent7ef5a345919c1cba77bdfe5ffcf43dde619dabd4 (diff)
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4
index b9bb2517b6d..2ff356c0c67 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: en.4,v 1.4 1999/06/05 13:18:38 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: en.4,v 1.5 2001/10/05 14:45:54 mpech Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: en.4,v 1.3 1996/03/03 17:13:32 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ No packets will be sent or accepted until
a network address is supplied.
.Pp
The interface software implements an exponential backoff algorithm
-when notified of a collision on the cable. This algorithm utilizes
-a 16-bit mask and the
+when notified of a collision on the cable.
+This algorithm utilizes a 16-bit mask and the
.Tn VAX-11 Ns 's
interval timer in calculating a series
-of random backoff values. The algorithm is as follows:
+of random backoff values.
+The algorithm is as follows:
.Pp
.Bl -enum -offset indent
.It
@@ -132,14 +133,15 @@ driver appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
The device has insufficient buffering to handle back to
-back packets. This makes use in a production environment
-painful.
+back packets.
+This makes use in a production environment painful.
.Pp
The hardware does word at a time
.Tn DMA
without byte swapping.
To compensate, byte swapping of user data must either be done
-by the user or by the system. A kludge to byte swap only
+by the user or by the system.
+A kludge to byte swap only
.Tn IP
packets is provided if the
.Dv ENF_SWABIPS