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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-11-24 14:49:37 -0500
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-11-25 20:54:24 -0500
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icmp.7: Add kernel version numbers to /proc file descriptions
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/icmp.7 b/man7/icmp.7
index cdea4bd4a8..65da91caa3 100644
--- a/man7/icmp.7
+++ b/man7/icmp.7
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date
.\" of the modification is added to the header.
.\" $Id: icmp.7,v 1.6 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $
-.TH ICMP 7 2008-11-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ICMP 7 2008-11-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
icmp, IPPROTO_ICMP \- Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module.
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ cleared after a burst.
A jiffy is a system dependent unit, usually 10ms on i386 and
about 1ms on alpha and ia64.
.TP
-.I icmp_destunreach_rate
+.IR icmp_destunreach_rate " (Linux 2.2 to 2.4.10)"
+.\" Precisely: from 2.1.102
Maximum rate to send ICMP Destination Unreachable packets.
This limits the rate at which packets are sent to any individual
route or destination.
@@ -55,30 +56,34 @@ The limit does not affect sending of
.B ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED
packets needed for path MTU discovery.
.TP
-.I icmp_echo_ignore_all
+.IR icmp_echo_ignore_all " (since Linux 2.2)"
+.\" Precisely: 2.1.68
If this value is non-zero, Linux will ignore all
.B ICMP_ECHO
requests.
.TP
-.I icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
+.IR icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts " (since Linux 2.2)"
+.\" Precisely: from 2.1.68
If this value is non-zero, Linux will ignore all
.B ICMP_ECHO
packets sent to broadcast addresses.
.TP
-.I icmp_echoreply_rate
+.IR icmp_echoreply_rate " (Linux 2.2 to 2.4.10)"
+.\" Precisely: from 2.1.102
Maximum rate for sending
.B ICMP_ECHOREPLY
packets in response to
.B ICMP_ECHOREQUEST
packets.
.TP
-.I icmp_paramprob_rate
+.I icmp_paramprob_rate " (Linux 2.2 to 2.4.10)"
+.\" Precisely: from 2.1.102
Maximum rate for sending
.B ICMP_PARAMETERPROB
packets.
These packets are sent when a packet arrives with an invalid IP header.
.TP
-.I icmp_timeexceed_rate
+.IR icmp_timeexceed_rate " (Linux 2.2 to 2.4.10)"
Maximum rate for sending
.B ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED
packets.