[PATCH] ip(7), ipv6(7): small fixes: network byte order, etc

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Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man/man7/ip.7   |  2 +-
 man/man7/ipv6.7 | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man7/ip.7 b/man/man7/ip.7
index 4fc9bde..8678979 100644
--- a/man/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man/man7/ip.7
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ The
 member of
 .I struct in_addr
 contains the host interface address in network byte order.
-.I in_addr
+.I s_addr
 should be assigned one of the
 .B INADDR_*
 values
diff --git a/man/man7/ipv6.7 b/man/man7/ipv6.7
index d9241cc..e38658f 100644
--- a/man/man7/ipv6.7
+++ b/man/man7/ipv6.7
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Only differences are described in this man page.
 .P
 To bind an
 .B AF_INET6
-socket to any process, the local address should be copied from the
+socket to any interface, the address should be copied from the
 .I in6addr_any
 variable which has
 .I in6_addr
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ its source address will be mapped to v6.
 .EX
 struct sockaddr_in6 {
     sa_family_t     sin6_family;   /* AF_INET6 */
-    in_port_t       sin6_port;     /* port number */
+    in_port_t       sin6_port;     /* port number in network byte order */
     uint32_t        sin6_flowinfo; /* IPv6 flow information */
     struct in6_addr sin6_addr;     /* IPv6 address */
     uint32_t        sin6_scope_id; /* Scope ID (new in Linux 2.4) */
 };
 \&
 struct in6_addr {
-    unsigned char   s6_addr[16];   /* IPv6 address */
+    unsigned char   s6_addr[16];   /* IPv6 address in network byte order */
 };
 .EE
 .in
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ struct in6_addr {
 is always set to
 .BR AF_INET6 ;
 .I sin6_port
-is the protocol port (see
+is the protocol port in network byte order (see
 .I sin_port
 in
 .BR ip (7));
 .I sin6_flowinfo
 is the IPv6 flow identifier;
 .I sin6_addr
-is the 128-bit IPv6 address.
+is the 128-bit IPv6 address in network byte order.
 .I sin6_scope_id
 is an ID depending on the scope of the address.
 It is new in Linux 2.4.
-- 
2.43.0





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