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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/multicast.414
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/pim.414
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/multicast.4 b/share/man/man4/multicast.4
index a7564ac8db0..ad9fe4e63dc 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/multicast.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/multicast.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/multicast.4,v 1.4 2004/07/09 09:22:36 ru Exp $
-.\" $OpenBSD: multicast.4,v 1.3 2005/09/30 20:34:24 jaredy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: multicast.4,v 1.4 2005/10/07 16:29:10 norby Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: multicast.4,v 1.3 2004/09/12 13:12:26 wiz Exp $
.\"
.Dd September 4, 2003
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ and Protocol Independent Multicast \- Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
were developed as well.
.Pp
To start multicast routing,
-the user must enable multicast forwarding in the kernel
-(see
-.Sx SYNOPSIS
-about the kernel configuration options),
-and must run a multicast routing capable user-level process,
+the user must enable multicast forwarding via the
+.Va net.inet.ip.mforwarding
+.Xr sysctl 8 .
+The user must also run a multicast routing capable user-level process,
such as
.Xr mrouted 8 .
From a developer's point of view,
@@ -944,7 +943,8 @@ after the previous upcall.
.Xr ip 4 ,
.Xr ip6 4 ,
.Xr pim 4 ,
-.Xr mrouted 8
+.Xr mrouted 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
.\"
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
diff --git a/share/man/man4/pim.4 b/share/man/man4/pim.4
index 8efe111dd95..4e02be9d88c 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/pim.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/pim.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/pim.4,v 1.2 2004/07/09 09:22:36 ru Exp $
-.\" $OpenBSD: pim.4,v 1.4 2005/10/04 08:45:23 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pim.4,v 1.5 2005/10/07 16:29:10 norby Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pim.4,v 1.2 2004/09/12 13:06:14 wiz Exp $
.\"
.Dd September 4, 2003
@@ -74,11 +74,14 @@ to routers with no group membership information.
Both PIM-SM and PIM-DM are fairly complex protocols,
though PIM-SM is much more complex.
To enable PIM-SM or PIM-DM multicast routing in a router,
-the user must enable multicast routing and PIM processing in the kernel
+the user must enable multicast forwarding via the
+.Va net.inet.ip.mforwarding
+.Xr sysctl 8
+and PIM processing in the kernel
(see
.Sx SYNOPSIS
-about the kernel configuration options),
-and must run a PIM-SM or PIM-DM capable user-level process.
+for the correct kernel configuration option).
+The user must also run a PIM-SM or PIM-DM capable user-level process.
From a developer's point of view,
the programming guide described in the
.Sx "Programming Guide"
@@ -171,7 +174,8 @@ and
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr ip 4 ,
-.Xr multicast 4
+.Xr multicast 4 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
.\"
.Sh STANDARDS
The PIM-SM protocol is specified in RFC 2362 (to be replaced by