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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>2009-10-05 13:24:02 +0200
committerHarald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>2009-10-25 10:48:03 +0100
commitbc57906530df924324efef494a4fcff65d25e4ce (patch)
treeb506b39993d831d958d6027084e1c890d06d6cfd
parent2463f7dcee97efe7dfc4b2e1f6a3c552f23a8d8c (diff)
doc: mention maximum mark size in manpages
-rw-r--r--extensions/libxt_CONNMARK.man3
-rw-r--r--extensions/libxt_MARK.man3
-rw-r--r--extensions/libxt_SECMARK.man2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_CONNMARK.man b/extensions/libxt_CONNMARK.man
index 571ce370..13c6b4bd 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_CONNMARK.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_CONNMARK.man
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-This module sets the netfilter mark value associated with a connection.
+This module sets the netfilter mark value associated with a connection. The
+mark is 32 bits wide.
.TP
\fB\-\-set\-xmark\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Zero out the bits given by \fImask\fR and XOR \fIvalue\fR into the ctmark.
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_MARK.man b/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
index 7bb05bed..98be812b 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
This target is used to set the Netfilter mark value associated with the packet.
The target can only be used in the \fBmangle\fR table. It can, for example, be
-used in conjunction with routing based on fwmark (needs iproute2).
+used in conjunction with routing based on fwmark (needs iproute2). The mark
+field is 32 bits wide.
.TP
\fB\-\-set\-xmark\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Zeroes out the bits given by \fImask\fR and XORs \fIvalue\fR into the packet
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_SECMARK.man b/extensions/libxt_SECMARK.man
index f58bb432..e44efced 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_SECMARK.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_SECMARK.man
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ This is used to set the security mark value associated with the
packet for use by security subsystems such as SELinux. It is only
valid in the
.B mangle
-table.
+table. The mark is 32 bits wide.
.TP
\fB\-\-selctx\fP \fIsecurity_context\fP