Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Mon Nov 15 21:19:59 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: route.4
Log Message:
New sentence, new line; add serial comma.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 src/share/man/man4/route.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/route.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/route.4:1.16 src/share/man/man4/route.4:1.17
--- src/share/man/man4/route.4:1.16 Sun Nov 14 00:38:56 2010
+++ src/share/man/man4/route.4 Mon Nov 15 21:19:59 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: route.4,v 1.16 2010/11/14 00:38:56 roy Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: route.4,v 1.17 2010/11/15 21:19:59 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@
through each interface as a
.Dq direct
connection to the destination host
-or network. If the route is direct, the transport layer of
-a protocol family usually requests the packet be sent to the
-same host specified in the packet. Otherwise, the interface
-is requested to address the packet to the gateway listed in the routing entry
-(i.e. the packet is forwarded).
+or network.
+If the route is direct, the transport layer of a protocol family
+usually requests the packet be sent to the same host specified in
+the packet.
+Otherwise, the interface is requested to address the packet to the
+gateway listed in the routing entry (i.e. the packet is forwarded).
.Pp
When routing a packet,
the kernel will attempt to find
@@ -95,9 +96,9 @@
destination address value, and a mask of all zeroes.
Wildcard routes will be used
when the system fails to find other routes matching the
-destination. The combination of wildcard
-routes and routing redirects can provide an economical
-mechanism for routing traffic.
+destination.
+The combination of wildcard routes and routing redirects can provide
+an economical mechanism for routing traffic.
.Pp
One opens the channel for passing routing control messages
by using the socket call shown in the synopsis above:
@@ -126,10 +127,11 @@
to most significant bit within the vector.
.Pp
Any messages sent to the kernel are returned, and copies are sent
-to all interested listeners. The kernel will provide the process
-ID for the sender, and the sender may use an additional sequence
-field to distinguish between outstanding messages. However,
-message replies may be lost when kernel buffers are exhausted.
+to all interested listeners.
+The kernel will provide the process ID for the sender, and the
+sender may use an additional sequence field to distinguish between
+outstanding messages.
+However, message replies may be lost when kernel buffers are exhausted.
.Pp
The kernel may reject certain messages, and will indicate this
by filling in the
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@
.Ar if_msghdr
header, the
.Dv RTM_NEWADDR ,
-.Dv RTM_CHGADDR
+.Dv RTM_CHGADDR ,
and
.Dv RTM_DELADDR
messages use a
