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| author | Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-13 00:04:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-13 00:04:53 +0000 |
| commit | 9ed55d1061add08b8a6feef7dc3685cb30685fd1 (patch) | |
| tree | f0f4cb20739ff9601f12a09d5865b2af423aada3 /share/man/man4/bpf.4 | |
| parent | cd2cc2c1a83a428c441e88422a212e09f55154f9 (diff) | |
| download | src-9ed55d1061add08b8a6feef7dc3685cb30685fd1.tar.gz src-9ed55d1061add08b8a6feef7dc3685cb30685fd1.zip | |
Add a bugs notice indicating that the SEESENT flag may behave incorrectly
on interfaces with hardware loopback, and point-to-point interfaces
(unclear why that is, may need to be tracked down).
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=92193
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/bpf.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bpf.4 b/share/man/man4/bpf.4 index 0912de30a514..fdc6f3d1a7b3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/bpf.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/bpf.4 @@ -718,6 +718,11 @@ all files must assume that the interface is promiscuous, and if so desired, must utilize a filter to reject foreign packets. .Pp Data link protocols with variable length headers are not currently supported. +.Pp +The SEESENT flag has been observed to work incorrectly on some interface +types, including those with hardware loopback rather than software loopback, +and point-to-point interfaces. It appears to function correctly on a +broad range of ethernet-style interfaces. .Sh HISTORY The Enet packet filter was created in 1980 by Mike Accetta and Rick Rashid at Carnegie-Mellon University. Jeffrey Mogul, at |