Additions to warn that ndb ether addresses must be abcdef and not ABCDEF. Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/ether-case Date: Mon Feb 14 21:23:24 CET 2005 --- /sys/man/2/ip Mon Feb 14 21:21:16 2005 +++ /sys/man/2/ip Mon Feb 14 21:21:15 2005 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ .IR print (2) formatter for Ethernet (verb .BR E ) -addresses, +addresses (consisting of the letters 0123456789abcdef), IP V6 (verb .BR I ) addresses, --- /sys/man/3/ether Mon Feb 14 21:21:18 2005 +++ /sys/man/3/ether Mon Feb 14 21:21:18 2005 @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ card and general statistics, independent of the interface; .B ifstats contains device-specific data and statistics about the card. +Addresses consist of the letters 0123456789abcdef. .PP An interface normally receives only those packets whose destination address is that of the interface or is the --- /sys/man/6/ndb Mon Feb 14 21:21:21 2005 +++ /sys/man/6/ndb Mon Feb 14 21:21:21 2005 @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Internet address .TP .B ether -Ethernet address +Ethernet address (consisting of the letters 0123456789abcdef) .TP .B bootf file to download for initial bootstrap --- /sys/man/8/ipconfig Mon Feb 14 21:21:25 2005 +++ /sys/man/8/ipconfig Mon Feb 14 21:21:24 2005 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ .B N look in /lib/ndb for the IP parameters. This only works if the interface is an ethernet. It uses the ethernet address to find -a matching entry. +a matching entry (consisting of the letters 0123456789abcdef). .TP .B G use only generic DHCP options. Without this option, --- /sys/man/8/ndb Mon Feb 14 21:21:30 2005 +++ /sys/man/8/ndb Mon Feb 14 21:21:29 2005 @@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ 2.31.178.204.in-addr.arpa ptr ampl.com > .EE +.PP +Ether values consist of the letters 0123456789abcdef. .SH FILES .TF /lib/ndb/local.*xxx .TP