Description change proposal for the no_prefer_iface flag

[Hajimu UMEMOTO]

Hi,

>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:01:16 +0200
>>>>> Jeremie Le Hen <jlh at FreeBSD.org> said:

jlh> Hi Hajimu-san, net@,

jlh> I plan to commit the following change to the no_prefer_iface flag
jlh> description in the ifconfig(8) manpage.  I find it easier to understand
jlh> and more explicit than the current one.

jlh> Comments?

It seems good to me.

Sincerely,


jlh> Index: sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
jlh> ===================================================================
jlh> --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8    (revision 268508)
jlh> +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8    (working copy)
jlh> @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@
jlh>  Clear a flag
jlh>  .Cm nud .
jlh>  .It Cm no_prefer_iface
jlh> -Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the
jlh> -source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is
jlh> -outgoing interface.
jlh> +Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484.         
jlh> +In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface which will
jlh> +be used will not be preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the
jlh> +address selection policy table, configurable with
jlh> +.Xr ip6addrctl 8 .
jlh>  .It Cm -no_prefer_iface
jlh>  Clear a flag
jlh>  .Cm no_prefer_iface .

jlh> -- 
jlh> Jeremie Le Hen

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