Brad Smith <b...@comstyle.com> writes:

> On 14/09/14 1:29 PM, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas wrote:
>> Brad Smith <b...@cvs.openbsd.org> writes:
>>
>>> CVSROOT:    /cvs
>>> Module name:        src
>>> Changes by: b...@cvs.openbsd.org    2014/09/13 18:17:09
>>>
>>> Modified files:
>>>     share/man/man4 : bge.4 bnx.4 em.4 ixgb.4 lge.4 msk.4 nge.4 re.4
>>>                      sk.4 ti.4 vge.4
>>>
>>> Log message:
>>> - Don't capitalize jumbo.
>>> - Don't try to keep track of jumbo frame sizes in the pages. Users can
>>> use `ifconfig hwfeatures' to determine what the hardware supports.
>>
>> This means that one willing to buy hw can't just look at the manpage to
>> find a nic with appropriate max jumbo size.
>
> There were enough of the pages that didn't mention the particular size
> supported anyway.

Yes, I saw that.  But is this the right move?

> The man pages IMO are the wrong place to look for that
> information.

What's the appropriate place, if not manpages?  I don't expect lambda
users to jump into /sys/dev, and I wouldn't consider it convenient
personnally.

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