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From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
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>Number:         35604
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 06 15:40:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:    Fri Apr 05 13:59:30 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Fri Apr 05 13:59:30 PST 2002
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
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>Description:

The arp(4) man page says it only supports 10Mb/s Ethernet, while it
seems to support 100Mb/s (and maybe gigabit Ethernet, FAIK).  (I'm not
sure why it mentioned 10Mb/s to begin with, and I don't feel
knowledgeable enough about the subject to change it.)

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>How-To-Repeat:
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>Fix:
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From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, swear@blarg.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:30:14 -0500

 Howdy,
 
 Mark Tinguely tells me that ARP works for all speeds of Ethernet.  The 
 patch below reflects that.
 
    -Mike
 
 --- arp.4.old   Thu Apr  4 11:09:54 2002
 +++ arp.4       Thu Apr  4 11:11:05 2002
 @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
   .Cd "pseudo-device ether"
   .Sh DESCRIPTION
   The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically
 -map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
 -It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers.
 -It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet,
 +map between Internet host addresses and Ethernet addresses.
 +It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers.
 +It is not specific to Internet protocols or to Ethernet,
   but this implementation currently supports only that combination.
   .Pp
   ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings.
 

From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
Date: 04 Apr 2002 11:29:54 -0800

 Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org> writes:
 
 > Howdy,
 > 
 > Mark Tinguely tells me that ARP works for all speeds of Ethernet.  The
 > patch below reflects that.
 
 [new version:]
 >   The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically
 > +map between Internet host addresses and Ethernet addresses.
 > +It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers.
 > +It is not specific to Internet protocols or to Ethernet,
 >   but this implementation currently supports only that combination.
 
 That last sentence seems wrong in light of the first two.  I'm no
 expert, but I thought ARP was precisely specific to Ethernet.
 If that's correct, there's no "combination" left, and maybe the whole
 sentence is unneeded.  It's not clear what the leftover would be trying
 to say.  That ARP doesn't need to use Internet Protocol, but this
 implementation does?  ??  It should be cleared up or cleared out.

From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 15:05:11 -0500

 Thanks for the clarification.  I've revised my patch to accurately 
 reflect both what the ARP protocol does, and what the FreeBSD 
 implementation does.  Let me know how it looks.
 
    -Mike
 
 --- arp.4.old   Thu Apr  4 11:09:54 2002
 +++ arp.4       Thu Apr  4 15:01:34 2002
 @@ -41,13 +41,14 @@
   .Sh SYNOPSIS
   .Cd "pseudo-device ether"
   .Sh DESCRIPTION
 -The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically
 -map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
 -It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers.
 -It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet,
 -but this implementation currently supports only that combination.
 +The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to dynamically
 +map between Protocol Addresses (such as IP addresses) and Local Network
 +Addresses (such as Ethernet addresses).
 +This implementation maps IP addresses to Ethernet, ARCnet, or Token Ring
 +addresses.
 +It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers.
   .Pp
 -ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings.
 +ARP caches address mappings.
   When an interface requests a mapping for an address not in the cache,
   ARP queues the message which requires the mapping and broadcasts
   a message on the associated network requesting the address mapping.
 

From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>
Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/35604: arp(4) page mentions 10Mb/s but not 100Mb/s.
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:15:52 -0800

 On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 03:05:11PM -0500, Mike DeGraw-Bertsch wrote:
 > Thanks for the clarification.  I've revised my patch to accurately 
 > reflect both what the ARP protocol does, and what the FreeBSD 
 > implementation does.  Let me know how it looks.
 
 This looks fine to me.
 
 -- Brooks
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: asmodai 
State-Changed-When: Fri Apr 5 13:59:20 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
Committed, thanks! 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35604 
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