From 065ebf549910cdad4cbaeb26ba066fa562c53ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theo de Raadt Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 21:46:32 +0000 Subject: undo wildcard loopback stuff; it was not checked by other developers --- share/man/man4/lo.4 | 24 +++--------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/man/man4') diff --git a/share/man/man4/lo.4 b/share/man/man4/lo.4 index c53e9cc7e27..0491936b493 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/lo.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/lo.4 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: lo.4,v 1.2 1998/02/01 18:31:57 mickey Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: lo.4,v 1.3 1994/11/30 16:22:23 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ .Nm lo .Nd software loopback network interface .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Sy pseudo-device Nm loop Em +.Sy pseudo-device +.Nm loop .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm loop @@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ The loopback should .Em never be configured first unless no hardware interfaces exist. -.Pp -Configuring loopback interface for -.Xr inet 4 -with -.Em link1 -flag set you achieve a functionality such as equivalent to setting -the whole set of addresses wich belongs to the sub/super-net of the -address and netmask configured on the interface. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It lo%d: can't handle af%d. @@ -75,25 +67,15 @@ The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was dropped. .El -.Sh EXAMPLES -ifconfig lo1 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 link1 -this would configure lo1 the way equivalent to: -.Pp -awk 'BEGIN {for(i=1;i<255;i++) \ -print "ifconfig lo1 inet 192.168.1."i" netmask 255.255.255.255"}'|sh .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr inet 4 , -.Xr ns 4 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Xr ns 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device appeared in .Bx 4.2 . -.Pp -The wildcard functionality first appeared in -.Ox 2.2 . .Sh BUGS Previous versions of the system enabled the loopback interface automatically, using a nonstandard Internet address (127.1). -- cgit v1.2.3