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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-08-08 16:47:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-08-08 16:47:53 +0000 |
| commit | d4c8c97c312455631c0c22151ad19b98c2eee3fd (patch) | |
| tree | 783a3dd69217af76d40f61c3858ab676e0ab71ce /man7/packet.7 | |
| parent | 77117f4fc55addbb657d1c87e2f86911d7e432c9 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-d4c8c97c312455631c0c22151ad19b98c2eee3fd.tar.gz | |
s/PF_/AF_/ for socket family constants. Reasons: the AF_ and
PF_ constants have always had the same values; there never has
been a protocol family that had more than one address family,
and POSIX.1-2001 only specifies the AF_* constants.
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/packet.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/packet.7 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7 index 787ac7c373..e55c7bd5cc 100644 --- a/man7/packet.7 +++ b/man7/packet.7 @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ .\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date .\" of the modification is added to the header. .\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $ -.TH PACKET 7 1999-04-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH PACKET 7 2008-08-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -packet, PF_PACKET \- packet interface on device level. +packet, AF_PACKET \- packet interface on device level. .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <sys/socket.h> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packet, PF_PACKET \- packet interface on device level. .br .B #include <net/ethernet.h> /* the L2 protocols */ .sp -.BI "packet_socket = socket(PF_PACKET, int " socket_type ", int "protocol ); +.BI "packet_socket = socket(AF_PACKET, int " socket_type ", int "protocol ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION Packet sockets are used to receive or send raw packets at the device driver @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ destination address. Some device drivers always add other headers. .B SOCK_RAW is similar to but not compatible with the obsolete -.B PF_INET/SOCK_PACKET +.B AF_INET/SOCK_PACKET of Linux 2.0. .B SOCK_DGRAM @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ User has insufficient privileges to carry out this operation. In addition other errors may be generated by the low-level driver. .SH VERSIONS -.B PF_PACKET +.B AF_PACKET is a new feature in Linux 2.2. Earlier Linux versions supported only .BR SOCK_PACKET . @@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ Older systems need: .in .SH NOTES For portable programs it is suggested to use -.B PF_PACKET +.B AF_PACKET via .BR pcap (3); although this only covers a subset of the -.B PF_PACKET +.B AF_PACKET features. The @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ encapsulation with the protocol filled in. Packet sockets are not subject to the input or output firewall chains. .SS Compatibility In Linux 2.0, the only way to get a packet socket was by calling -.BI "socket(PF_INET, SOCK_PACKET, " protocol )\fR. +.BI "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_PACKET, " protocol )\fR. This is still supported but strongly deprecated. The main difference between the two methods is that .B SOCK_PACKET @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ packets via .BR SOCK_DGRAM . .\" .SH CREDITS .\" This man page was written by Andi Kleen with help from Matthew Wilcox. -.\" PF_PACKET in Linux 2.2 was implemented +.\" AF_PACKET in Linux 2.2 was implemented .\" by Alexey Kuznetsov, based on code by Alan Cox and others. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR socket (2), |