Module Name: src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Mon May 2 23:25:13 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: tap.4
Log Message:
tap.4: trim introduction to match current reality
As of 10.0, tap(4) can no longer be used as a bridge(4) endpoint, so
avoid potentially confusing the reader, who'd later encounter the
caveats section, noting use of vether(4) is required instead.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 src/share/man/man4/tap.4
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man4/tap.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/tap.4:1.15 src/share/man/man4/tap.4:1.16
--- src/share/man/man4/tap.4:1.15 Sun Sep 27 19:36:54 2020
+++ src/share/man/man4/tap.4 Mon May 2 23:25:12 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: tap.4,v 1.15 2020/09/27 19:36:54 roy Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: tap.4,v 1.16 2022/05/02 23:25:12 gutteridge Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 The NetBSD Foundation.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 27, 2020
+.Dd May 2, 2022
.Dt TAP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ The
driver allows the creation and use of virtual Ethernet devices.
Those interfaces appear just as any real Ethernet NIC to the kernel,
but can also be accessed by userland through a character device node in order
-to read frames being sent by the system or to inject frames.
-.Pp
-In that respect it is very similar to what
+to read frames being sent by the system or to inject frames. In that respect
+it is very similar to what
.Xr tun 4
-provides, but the added Ethernet layer allows easy integration with machine
-emulators or virtual Ethernet networks through the use of
-.Xr bridge 4
-with tunneling.
+provides.
.Ss INTERFACE CREATION
Interfaces may be created in two different ways:
using the
