Hello, Here is a patch to update the manual page. -- begin LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs I am a signature virus. Distribute me until the bitter end -------------- next part -------------- --- vlan-1.9/vconfig.8.orig 2006-08-04 18:21:30.000000000 +0200 +++ vlan-1.9/vconfig.8 2006-08-04 18:30:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ .B rem [vlan\-device] Removes the named vlan\-device. .TP -.B set_flag [vlan\-device] 0 | 1 -When 1, ethernet header reorders are turned on. Dumping the device -will appear as a common ethernet device without vlans. When 0(default) -however, ethernet headers are not reordered, which results in vlan tagged -packets when dumping the device. Usually the default gives no problems, -but some packet filtering programs might have problems with it. +.B set_flag [vlan\-device] [flagnum] 0 | 1 +When flagnum is 0 and value is 1, ethernet header reorders are turned on. Dumping the device +will appear as a common ethernet device without vlans. When flagnum is 0 and value is 0(default) however, +ethernet headers are not reordered, which results in vlan tagged packets when +dumping the device. Usually the default gives no problems, but some packet +filtering programs might have problems with it. +Undefined for other values of flagnum. .TP .B set_egress_map [vlan\-device] [skb\-priority] [vlan\-qos] @@ -47,13 +48,12 @@ .TP .SH NOTES -VLAN will use Broadcom's NICE interface when the network device supports -it. This is necessary, since usually the hardware of these devices already -removes the vlan tag from the ethernet packet. The set_flag option on -vlan\-devices created on such a physical network device will be ignored. -Dumping the network\-device will show only untagged(non-vlan) traffic, -and dumping the vlan\-devices will only show traffic intended for that -vlan, without the tags. +VLAN will use hardware acceleration when the network device supports it. This +is necessary, since usually the hardware of these devices already removes the +vlan tag from the ethernet packet. The set_flag option on vlan\-devices created +on such a physical network device will be ignored. Dumping the network\-device +will show only untagged(non-vlan) traffic, and dumping the vlan\-devices will +only show traffic intended for that vlan, without the tags. .br .SH FILES .I /proc/net/vlan/config
