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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-28 15:21:24 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-29 13:51:21 +0100
commit992787fe8cb53f7af34120454b6d45c30dbf1fa0 (patch)
treeb7d531a2773de7e98f014406d42f15b6eef99e1b
parent602ce0881be6c31c9912d855c2234872e0cdc487 (diff)
packet.7: Some fixes to Daniel's patch
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man7/packet.79
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 3cac8a617..3d06fb2a7 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.\"
.\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $
.\"
-.TH PACKET 7 2014-01-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PACKET 7 2014-01-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
packet \- packet interface on device level
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -427,10 +427,11 @@ To create another variant, configure the desired variant by setting this
integer option before creating the ring.
.TP
.BR PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS " (since Linux 3.14)"
+.\" commit d346a3fae3ff1d99f5d0c819bf86edf9094a26a1
By default, packets sent through packet sockets pass through the kernel's
-qdisc (traffic control) layer. This can be bypassed by setting this integer
-option to one for usage scenarios similar to pktgen.
-
+qdisc (traffic control) layer.
+This can be bypassed by setting this integer option to 1;
+this is useful for usage scenarios similar to pktgen.
.SS Ioctls
.B SIOCGSTAMP
can be used to receive the timestamp of the last received packet.