Module Name: src
Committed By: mbalmer
Date: Sun Jul 13 12:47:14 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: netintro.4
Log Message:
Add a description of SIOCGIFALIAS. From Jens A Nilsson via PR misc/6880.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 src/share/man/man4/netintro.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/netintro.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/netintro.4:1.27 src/share/man/man4/netintro.4:1.28
--- src/share/man/man4/netintro.4:1.27 Sun Oct 6 08:27:00 2013
+++ src/share/man/man4/netintro.4 Sun Jul 13 12:47:13 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: netintro.4,v 1.27 2013/10/06 08:27:00 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: netintro.4,v 1.28 2014/07/13 12:47:13 mbalmer Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)netintro.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93
.\"
-.Dd October 5, 2013
+.Dd July 13, 2014
.Dt NETINTRO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ multiple masks or destination addresses,
convention that specification of the default address means
to delete the first address for the interface belonging to
the address family in which the original socket was opened.
+.It Dv SIOCGIFALIAS
+This request provides means to get additional addresses together
+with netmask and broadcast/destination from an interface.
+It also uses the
+.Ar ifaliasreq
+structure.
.El
.Pp
Request making use of the
