From 992787fe8cb53f7af34120454b6d45c30dbf1fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:21:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] packet.7: Some fixes to Daniel's patch Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/packet.7 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7 index 3cac8a617..3d06fb2a7 100644 --- a/man7/packet.7 +++ b/man7/packet.7 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $ .\" -.TH PACKET 7 2014-01-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH PACKET 7 2014-01-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME packet \- packet interface on device level .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -427,10 +427,11 @@ To create another variant, configure the desired variant by setting this integer option before creating the ring. .TP .BR PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS " (since Linux 3.14)" +.\" commit d346a3fae3ff1d99f5d0c819bf86edf9094a26a1 By default, packets sent through packet sockets pass through the kernel's -qdisc (traffic control) layer. This can be bypassed by setting this integer -option to one for usage scenarios similar to pktgen. - +qdisc (traffic control) layer. +This can be bypassed by setting this integer option to 1; +this is useful for usage scenarios similar to pktgen. .SS Ioctls .B SIOCGSTAMP can be used to receive the timestamp of the last received packet.