Bug 22064

Summary: ifconfig.8 claims ARP only on 10Mb/s Ethernet
Product: Base System Reporter: Christian Weisgerber <naddy>
Component: binAssignee: dd <dd>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 5.0-CURRENT   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Christian Weisgerber 2000-10-17 23:40:01 UTC 
The ifconfig(8) man page erroneously claims that ARP is used only
over 10Mb/s Ethernet.

From OpenBSD.
Comment 1 brooks 2001-06-02 04:50:17 UTC 
The following patch corrects this issue in a slightly more correct way
(ARP works on FDDI and Token Ring, not just Ethernet.)

-- Brooks

Index: ifconfig.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.39 ifconfig.8
--- ifconfig.8	2001/05/29 09:13:44	1.39
+++ ifconfig.8	2001/06/02 02:20:48
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
 .\" through
 .\" .Ar f ,
 .\" are specified in hexadecimal.
-.\" The host number may be omitted on 10Mb/s Ethernet interfaces,
+.\" The host number may be omitted on IEEE 802 protocol 
+.\" (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring) interfaces,
 .\" which use the hardware physical address,
 .\" and on interfaces other than the first.
 .\" For the
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@
 This is currently implemented for mapping between
 .Tn DARPA
 Internet
-addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
+addresses and 
+.Tn IEEE
+802 48-bit MAC addresses (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring addresses.)
 .It Fl arp
 Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol.
 .It Cm broadcast

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Comment 2 dd freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-06-02 05:09:56 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->analyzed

Committed, thanks!
Comment 3 dd freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-06-02 05:09:56 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->dd

My MFC reminder.
Comment 4 dd freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-06-08 05:54:43 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: analyzed->closed

MFC'd