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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-10-01 18:04:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-10-01 18:04:26 +0000 |
| commit | ea84ff9c63a822e029d14867f8c218a3c57ca4a1 (patch) | |
| tree | a66da194196fdca00dc6156a51f121ebc6e5b132 /share | |
| parent | b4409189e3f179de2c98157f5abed0a18bbac362 (diff) | |
some minor tweaks; ok yasuoka
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/switch.4 | 28 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/switch.4 b/share/man/man4/switch.4 index 645ee3ed76b..61b89f83016 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/switch.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/switch.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: switch.4,v 1.4 2016/09/20 10:04:07 sthen Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: switch.4,v 1.5 2016/10/01 18:04:25 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2016 YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 20 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 1 2016 $ .Dt SWITCH 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ The .Nm driver provides a network interface pseudo-device. -The interface is the forwarding part of a network switch, -and it works along with a controller which usually is +The interface is the forwarding part of a network switch +and it works along with a controller, usually .Xr switchd 8 or -.Xr switchctl 8 through the device +.Xr switchctl 8 , +through the device .Pa /dev/switchN . The .Nm @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ device and the controller communicate using the OpenFlow .Pp A .Nm -interface is created using the +interface is created using .Ic ifconfig switch Ns Ar N Ic create or by opening the character device .Pa /dev/switchN . @@ -56,12 +57,12 @@ is the OpenFlow channel of the interface It is used for exchanging OpenFlow messages. The device guarantees .Xr read 2 -returns a complete OpenFlow message - it never return a message partially. -The program which uses the +returns a complete OpenFlow message - it never returns a partial message. +Any programs using .Pa /dev/switchN must .Xr write 2 -per a complete OpenFlow message. +a complete OpenFlow message. .Sh IOCTLS A .Nm @@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ calls specific to other interfaces listed in .Pp The following .Xr ioctl 2 -calls are used commonly by +calls and their structures are commonly used by .Nm and -.Xr bridge 4 . +.Xr bridge 4 : .Pp .Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact .It @@ -88,11 +89,6 @@ and .Dv SIOCBRDGGIFFLGS .El .Pp -Also the parameter structures are used commonly by -.Nm -and -.Xr bridge 4 . -.Pp The following .Xr ioctl 2 calls are used only by the |