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author | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
commit | e7d0adf95322ccbac21d361be1700e9edb07eff2 (patch) | |
tree | 0a7ba8b2db2a1f697897ee36c97e0c9344da12c9 /share/man/man4/man4.vax/en.4 | |
parent | 7ef5a345919c1cba77bdfe5ffcf43dde619dabd4 (diff) |
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
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 |