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From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: [if_bridge] man page incorrectly says a bridge works like a hub
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>Number:         141350
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] if_bridge(4) man page incorrectly says a bridge works like a hub
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    brueffer
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 10 18:00:14 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jan 16 10:25:57 CET 2010
>Last-Modified:  Sat Jan 16 10:25:57 CET 2010
>Originator:     Bruce Cran
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD router.draftnet 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 10 14:21:42 GMT 2009     brucec@router.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROUTER  i386
>Description:
if_bridge(4) says that a bridge works like a hub, but a hub is a device which blindly forwards every packet it receives to every connected port.  A switch learns which MAC addresses are on which ports and only forwards packets on the appropriate ports.
>How-To-Repeat:
man if_bridge
>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- bridge.4.orig	2009-12-10 17:54:09.000000000 +0000
+++ bridge.4	2009-12-10 17:54:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple
 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation.
 .Pp
-A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface
+A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface
 to another.
 Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all
 interfaces that are part of the bridge.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service)
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/141350: commit references a PR
Date: Sat,  9 Jan 2010 09:30:24 +0000 (UTC)

 Author: brueffer
 Date: Sat Jan  9 09:30:09 2010
 New Revision: 201888
 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201888
 
 Log:
   bridge(4) acts like a switch, not like a hub.
   
   PR:		141350
   Submitted by:	brucec
   Reviewed by:	thompsa
   MFC after:	1 week
 
 Modified:
   head/share/man/man4/bridge.4
 
 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bridge.4
 ==============================================================================
 --- head/share/man/man4/bridge.4	Sat Jan  9 06:30:40 2010	(r201887)
 +++ head/share/man/man4/bridge.4	Sat Jan  9 09:30:09 2010	(r201888)
 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  .\"
  .\" $FreeBSD$
  .\"
 -.Dd June 8, 2009
 +.Dd January 9, 2010
  .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
 @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ by-default.
  A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple
  802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation.
  .Pp
 -A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface
 +A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface
  to another.
  Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all
  interfaces that are part of the bridge.
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State-Changed-From-To: open->patched 
State-Changed-By: brueffer 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 9 10:40:52 CET 2010 
State-Changed-Why:  
Committed, thanks! 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->brueffer 
Responsible-Changed-By: brueffer 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jan 9 10:40:52 CET 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
MFC reminder. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=141350 
State-Changed-From-To: patched->closed 
State-Changed-By: brueffer 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 16 10:25:35 CET 2010 
State-Changed-Why:  
MFCs done. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=141350 
>Unformatted:
