On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:46:42PM -0600, David Gwynne wrote: > CVSROOT: /cvs > Module name: src > Changes by: d...@cvs.openbsd.org 2017/06/07 18:46:42 > > Modified files: > sbin/ifconfig : ifconfig.8 > > Log message: > consistently use lowercase suffixes for 802.1 things. > > eg, 802.1x, 802.1q, and 802.1ad >
802.1ad but 802.1X and 802.1Q. https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1X-2001.html http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1Q,_2003_Edition-2003.html http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1ad-2005.html http://www.ieee802.org/1/ "802.1 projects are identified using project names such as 802.1Q, 802.1ad, and 802.1Qat. Following the 802.1 are one, two, three or even four letters. Upper case letters identify (standalone) standards, and lower-case letters identify amendments (previously called supplements) to existing standards. There should never be two projects differing only in the case of these letters! The three- and four-letter forms have been introduced to better identify amendments. In this scheme, the first one or two letters (always uppercase) identify the standard being amended, and the last two (always lowecase) identify the project doing the amending. The notation 802.1Q-REV is used to identify a revision of an existing standard: these are more extensive changes to the existing text than can be undertaken in an amendment. Previously, revisions also had their own project names."
