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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-05-19 04:30:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-05-19 04:30:20 +0000 |
| commit | 2b2581ee37f080c0a95d20aedecd5cb04e81ef4a (patch) | |
| tree | 4ce1a3bcc3cd8793e50f48abba8eab04c8e7ea07 /man7/arp.7 | |
| parent | 2dd578fd5b80cbfe5892b200633aa1442c4ac674 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-2b2581ee37f080c0a95d20aedecd5cb04e81ef4a.tar.gz | |
Fix inconsistencies in order of .SH sections
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man7/arp.7 b/man7/arp.7 index df7b016eaa..e02db706bd 100644 --- a/man7/arp.7 +++ b/man7/arp.7 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Linux will automatically add a non-permanent proxy arp entry when it receives a request for an address it forwards to and proxy arp is enabled on the receiving interface. When there is a reject route for the target no proxy arp entry is added. -.SH IOCTLS +.SS Ioctls Three ioctls are available on all .B PF_INET sockets. @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Linux 2.2 does not support proxy network ARP entries, so this should be set to 0xffffffff, or 0 to remove an existing proxy arp entry. .B ATF_USETRAILERS is obsolete and should not be used. -.SH SYSCTLS +.SS Sysctls ARP supports a sysctl interface to configure parameters on a global or per-interface basis. The sysctls can be accessed by reading or writing the @@ -231,20 +231,6 @@ Defaults to 3. The maximum number of packets which may be queued for each unresolved address by other network layers. Defaults to 3. -.SH BUGS -Some timer settings are specified in jiffies, which is architecture -related. -On the Alpha a jiffy is 1/1024 of a second, on most other -architectures it is 1/100s. - -There is no way to signal positive feedback from user space. -This means connection oriented protocols implemented in user space -will generate excessive ARP traffic, because ndisc will regularly -reprobe the MAC address. -The same problem applies for some kernel protocols (e.g. NFS over UDP). - -This man page mashes IPv4 specific and shared between IPv4 and IPv6 -functionality together. .SH VERSIONS The .I struct arpreq @@ -260,6 +246,20 @@ the kernel for all reachable hosts on other interfaces (when forwarding and proxy arp is enabled for the interface). The neigh/* sysctls did not exist before Linux 2.2. +.SH BUGS +Some timer settings are specified in jiffies, which is architecture +related. +On the Alpha a jiffy is 1/1024 of a second, on most other +architectures it is 1/100s. + +There is no way to signal positive feedback from user space. +This means connection oriented protocols implemented in user space +will generate excessive ARP traffic, because ndisc will regularly +reprobe the MAC address. +The same problem applies for some kernel protocols (e.g. NFS over UDP). + +This man page mashes IPv4 specific and shared between IPv4 and IPv6 +functionality together. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR capabilities (7), .BR ip (7) |