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authorBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-07-23 21:13:05 +0000
committerBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-07-23 21:13:05 +0000
commit4564b80b79d13c9fa18424903cf0e968913d0f23 (patch)
tree1c41644bdca2696ac28838430cf6f806a7b67968 /userspace
parenta250b4a1e659bd01b18abe02eb55bee4314b36bc (diff)
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diff --git a/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 b/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8
index 8bd0b98..f67142a 100644
--- a/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8
+++ b/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH EBTABLES 8 "26 June 2002"
+.TH EBTABLES 8 "23 July 2002"
.\"
.\" Man page written by Bart De Schuymer <bart.de.schuymer@pandora.be>
.\" It is based on the iptables man page.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.\"
.\"
.SH NAME
-ebtables (v.2.0) \- ethernet bridge packet table administration
+ebtables (v.2.0) \- Ethernet bridge packet table administration
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "ebtables -[ADI] " "chain rule-specification " [ options ]
.br
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ Specify arp specific fields. These will only work if the protocol equals
.BR ARP " or " RARP .
.TP
.BR "--arp-opcode " "[!] \fIopcode\fP"
-The (r)arp opcode (decimal or a string, for more details see ebtables -h arp).
+The (r)arp opcode (decimal or a string, for more details see
+.BR "ebtables -h arp" ).
.TP
.BR "--arp-htype " "[!] \fIhardware type\fP"
The hardware type, this can be a decimal or the string "Ethernet". This
@@ -419,7 +420,8 @@ The user_priority field, this can be a decimal number from 0 to 7.
Required VID to be 0 (null VID) or not specified vlan-id parameter (in this case VID deliberately be set to 0).
.TP
.BR "--vlan-encap " "[!] \fItype\fP"
-The encapsulated ethernet frame type/length, this can be a hexadecimal number from 0x0000 to 0xFFFF.
+The encapsulated Ethernet frame type/length, this can be a hexadecimal
+number from 0x0000 to 0xFFFF.
Usually it's 0x0800 (IPv4). See also
.B /etc/ethertypes
file.
@@ -434,8 +436,8 @@ of the mark value of the frame and the user specified mark is taken and
the result is compared with zero.
.SH WATCHER EXTENSION(S)
-Watchers are things that only look at frames passing by. These watchers only see the
-frame if the frame passes all the matches of the rule.
+Watchers are things that only look at frames passing by. These watchers only
+see the frame if the frame passes all the matches of the rule.
.SS log
The fact that the log module is a watcher lets us log stuff while giving a target
by choice. Note that the log module therefore is not a target.